<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184</id><updated>2012-01-25T09:17:03.684-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Habs Laughs</title><subtitle type='html'>A comedic take on the Montreal Canadiens.

Seriously.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>66</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-7973828510667837107</id><published>2012-01-25T09:04:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T09:16:32.672-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tweet Ten Tim Thomas Excuses</title><content type='html'>Long time no see, Hockey fans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Habs Killer (and everyone else killer) Timmy Thomas made headlines this week by snubbing Barack Obama at the White house for their visit with the big man. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Word is that he missed the party because of his political views...wrong!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have the Tweet Ten (credit to Matthew Ross for the name)Tim Thomas Excuses for snubbing POTUS. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10. &lt;/strong&gt;I have never paid my taxes. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;9.&lt;/strong&gt; My Skinnard cover band had a gig that night. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8.&lt;/strong&gt; I couldn't get someone at the border to cover my shift. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7.&lt;/strong&gt; I waited at 1602 Pennsilvania avenue for like 5 hours!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6.&lt;/strong&gt; I was on my way but my Hummer only gets 5 miles to the galon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5.&lt;/strong&gt; I didn't want to break my lunch date with Michelle Bachmann and Sarah Palin. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4.&lt;/strong&gt; What, and miss Dr. Oz? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3.&lt;/strong&gt; Zdeno Chara sneezed on me and I wound up in Kansas!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2.&lt;/strong&gt; I thought we were meeting Osama! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1.&lt;/strong&gt; Nah I'm just kidding, I knew it was Obama, I'm just a douche!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-7973828510667837107?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/7973828510667837107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2012/01/tweet-ten-tim-thomas-excuses.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/7973828510667837107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/7973828510667837107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2012/01/tweet-ten-tim-thomas-excuses.html' title='Tweet Ten Tim Thomas Excuses'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-7700546750844746843</id><published>2011-10-22T13:14:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-22T15:12:38.840-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The All Former Habs Team</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;The Montreal Canadiens are without a doubt the most storied franchise in the National Hockey League. They boast an almost unreachable 24 Stanley Cups, a myriad of Hall Of Famers and of course, Scott Gomez.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Despite all of the success that the Canadiens have experienced over recent years the current generation of Montreal Canadiens fans have nothing too insane to celebrate about. The majority of Habs talk these days circles around who the Habs have compared to who the Habs used to have. It’s no secret that the Habs have stunted some players development over the years, players might have been self-entitled Europeans, misunderstood French Canadians or even misunderstood rest –of- Canadians.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Habs fans have undoubtedly spent countless drunken rants going over the players that were terrible on the Habs, were traded for nothing, and then went on to have success with their new team. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You’ve heard of the “All Habs Team” where experts have put together a team including the best Habs of all time…well, I did the research, I scoured the internets, and I put together the “All Former Habs Team”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I chose this team based on success with the Canadiens VS. success with new team, what the team got for said player and basic availability and since the list could go on and on and on I’m doing this post-lockout style….here we go folks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Centers:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1st Line: &lt;/strong&gt;Mikhail Grabovksi-Toronto Maple Leafs: The Habs let Grabovski go for a 2nd round pick that ended up being traded for Robert Lang. His deportation to Toronto was due to a combination of a sense of self entitlement combined with the fact that there was simply no room for him. He earns first line center honours because he has grown up, found his scoring touch…and did it all while playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2nd Line:&lt;/strong&gt; Mike Ribeiro-Dallas Stars: While he may miss the snow in Montreal he certainly hasn’t missed a beat in Dallas. Bottom line, he turned into the player we all wanted him to become in Montreal. What’s Janne Niinimaa doing these days?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3rd Line: &lt;/strong&gt;Saku Koivu-Anaheim Ducks: I have no idea why the Habs let him go. Screw you Scott Gomez.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4th Line:&lt;/strong&gt; Maxime Lapierre-Vancouver Canucks: How many of you wished he was still on the team during the Boston series?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Honourable Mentions: &lt;/strong&gt;Tommy Pyatt-Tampa Bay Lightning, Jeff Halpern-Washington Capitals, Glen Metropolit, Switzerland. Mike Johnson,-TSN. Brian Smolinski-Wherabouts Unknown. Dominic Moore-Tampa Bay Lightning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wingers:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1st Line:  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michael Ryder-Dallas Stars: Ryder was the worst 30 goal scorer the Habs ever had, on top of this…he just won a cup with the Bruins. First liner for sure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Guillaume Latendresse-Minnesota Wild: He was supposed to be the next big thing…he was…in terms of pants size.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2nd Line: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sergei Kostitsyn-Nashville Predators: The return is now absolutely zero and he’s putting up very solid numbers with the predators. This one stings based on the fact that his brother is still on the team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Tanguay-Calgary Flames: I’d rather have Cammalleri anyways.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3rd Line: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chris Higgins-Vancouver Canucks: Remember when he said he was going to score 40 goals? Ah Memories. New York and Florida couldn’t figure him out. Vancouver managed to turn him into a solid energy forward with scoring upside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matt D’Agostini-St. Louis Blues: He just scored his 3rd of the season in OT for the Blue last night. How’s Aaron Palushaj doing?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4th Line: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tom Kostopoulos-Calgary Flames: High octane, high energy, high last name word content.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Habs team wouldn’t be a Habs team without a non-scoring center playing the wing. One of my honourable mentions at Center will fill this role.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Honourable Mentions: &lt;/strong&gt;Alex Kovalev-Space. Benoit Pouliot-Boston Bruins. Georges Laraque-Politics.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Defense:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1st Pairing:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark Streit-New York Islanders: Don’t you wish they still had him? Captaining the&lt;br /&gt;Islanders right now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ryan McDonaugh-New York Rangers: He earns top pairing status because of what they got in return. Big time ouch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2nd Pairing:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roman Hamrlik-Washington Capitals: Enjoy that cup, Roman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James Wisniewski-Columbus Blue Jackets: He’ll be great in Columbus, just hope he doesn’t…blow it *ba dum tss*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3rd Pairing: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Komisarek-Toronto Maple Leafs: This is a jokes blog after all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ron Hainsey-Winnipeg Jets: Barely a Hab but could have been a solid reliable defenseman who would have probably been traded for nothing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Honourable Mentions:&lt;/strong&gt; Brent Sopel-Russia. Francis Bouillon-Nashville Predators. Paul Mara-Free Agent. Marc-Andre Bergeron-Tampa Bay Lightning. Ryan O’Byrn-Colorado Avalanche. Etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Goaltenders&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Starting Goalie:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jaroslav Halak-St. Louis Blues: While he isn’t having the stellar career most thought he would he is definitely the reason the Habs experienced their best showing since 1993…which a conference finals appearance, in case anyone forgot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Backup Goalie:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jose Theodore-Florida Panthers: Another man who misses the Montreal winters. He wont the Hart and Vezina in the same year. That’s ridiculous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Honourable Mentions:&lt;/strong&gt; Alex Auld-Ottawa Senators. Mathieu Garon-Tampa Bay Lightning. Cedric Desjardins-Colorado Avalanche. Cristobal Huet-France? Yann Danis-Edmonton Oilers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With all of this amazing talent available, here is what the lineup would look like.&lt;br /&gt;All Former Habs Team:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Latendresse-Grabovski-Ryder&lt;br /&gt;Tanguay-Ribeiro-Kostitsyn&lt;br /&gt;Higgins-Koivu-D’Agostini&lt;br /&gt;Halpern-Lapierre-Kostopoulos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Streit-McDonaugh&lt;br /&gt;Hamrlik-Wisniewski&lt;br /&gt;Hainsey-Komisarek&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Halak&lt;br /&gt;Theodore&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now the question remains, Habs Laughs readers: Are they a playoff team?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-7700546750844746843?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/7700546750844746843/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/10/all-former-habs-team.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/7700546750844746843'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/7700546750844746843'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/10/all-former-habs-team.html' title='The All Former Habs Team'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-1695058282532051885</id><published>2011-08-04T22:14:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-04T22:18:48.303-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Habs Celebrity Jeopardy!</title><content type='html'>Alex Trebek: Hello and welcome back to Habs Celebrity Jeopardy! I am your host, Alex Trebek and in case you are wondering, yes I am only here because Pierre Gauthier saved my life in Tijuana in the summer of ’82. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We’re all set to begin Double Jeopardy, but first, let’s take a look at how our contestants did in the Jeopardy round.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carey Price finished with an astonishing -10,458 Dollars.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carey Price:  Just chill man, it’s only pre-Jeopardy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: I can assure you that the last round very much counted. Next we have P.K. Subban who managed to score a perfect 69 in the opening round.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.K. Subban: Hehehe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: Who wagers 69 on a daily double?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.K. Subban: ppffffffhehehehe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: Is this because I keep saying 69?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.K. Subban: *holding laugher* Yes sir.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: I hate my life. Let’s move on to our final contestant, Scott Gomez, who has done surprisingly well and has amassed a total of 3,200 dollars for the Canadiens Children’s Foundation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scott Gomez: That right Al-wait what?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: You’ve raised 3,200 Doll-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scott Gomez: No I heard that part, the last part about the charity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: Well Mr. Gomez, this is for charity….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scott Gomez: I’m out. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: Mr. Gomez I can assure you, the children do need this money very much! You are contractually obligated to finish the show!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scott Gomez: What about me? What about MY needs?! Who’s going to clean the pool filled to the brim with the tears of Habs fans everywhere if I don’t keep bringing in the dinero? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: I don’t think I should have to remind you, but you are a multi millionaire who continues to make an average of 7 million dollars every year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scott Gomez: …..Let’s play Jeopardy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: If you’re watching this, please stop. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let’s take a look at the categories!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have: YOUR JERSEY NUMBER, MONTREAL, ALASKAN MEXICAN RELATIONS&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scott Gomez: NICE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: THE NHL, EXPERTS EXCHANGE, for this one we will be talking about general managers and the trades they’ve made and finally; SAY THIS WORD, I don’t think I can explain it any better than that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.K., I believe you have control of the board.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.K. Subban: I’LLTAKEMONTREALFOR400ALEX!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: My God! It’s like your mother’s breastmilk was infused with Red Bull! Here is the answer: This is the Hockey team that plays in Montreal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*BEEP BEEP* &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: Mr. Price?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carey Price: Who are the Washington Capitals?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: *stares blankly*….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;…..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;…..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Washington Capitals is the team that plays in Montreal? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carey Price: You didn’t say ‘who are’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: for the love of God, someone kill me now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matt Cooke: Ok fine, turn around.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: I WAS KIDDING!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matt Cooke: Aw.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: THE MONTREAL CANADIENS are the team that plays in Montreal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Subban it’s still your board&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.K. Subban: I’LLTAKEALASKANMEXICANRELATIONSFOR2000ALEX!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: gah! For the love of all that is holy, tone it down!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.K. Subban: ALWAYSON!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: The Answer: This is the Alaskan Mexican who plays for the Montreal Canadiens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*BEEP BEEP*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: Mr. Subban?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.K. Subban: WHO IS SPEEDYGONZALEZBUTHE’SALSOACRABFISHERMAN!?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: I’m not even going near that one, anyone else?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyone?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps someone who is playing this game right now?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*BEEP BEEP*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Gomez!?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scott Gomez: Who is Carey Price?!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: NO!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scott Gomez: GAH!! It was a trick question!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: No, it wasn’t the answer was you!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scott Gomez: Well when you say it like that you make me look like an idiot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: Why don’t you take control of the board?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scott Gomez: sounds good! I’ll take Expert Sex Change for 400 please.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: Mr. Gomez that clearly reads Experts Exchange. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scott Gomez: You know who could go for an Expert Sex Change? That Alex Burrows dude. He’s always…chomping on extremities and….diving down to the lower body area….he wouldn’t even have to change his name. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: Mr. Gomez, I-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carey Price: Because Alex is a girls name too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scott Gomez: True say.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: IT SAYS EXPERTS EXCHANGE!!!! ALRIGHT! Let’s just move on to Final Jeopardy! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The category is: Where do you play Hockey?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Jeopardy theme begins playing*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can write down; Montreal….Canada…..the world….a rink…anything!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And time is up! Let’s put an end to this, shall we?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Price, your answer?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Annnd he’s asleep!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carey Price: zzzzzzNo PK, that’s not the kind of triple low 5 I was talking aboutzzzzzzzzzz&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: I am going to have nightmares about that for years!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Subban?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That….appears to be a picture of you standing next to Los Angeles Kings forward Mike Richards…well in some strange way that counts…what did you wager?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Annnd the picture is you pulling out his brain directly from his head, charming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;P.K Subban: IHADALOTOFFUNTODAYALEX!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: You probably have fun when you watch paint dry! Mr. Gomez?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You wrote… ‘Ice’…well, that’s brilliant, please tell me you wagered something good!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;….You wagered negative One Billion Dollars?!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scott Gomez: Screw the kids! Now they owe me money!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Trebek: You horrible, horrible man. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you all for joining us tonight, I am going to go stand next to a stanchion and hope it attracts Zdeno Chara.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-1695058282532051885?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/1695058282532051885/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/08/habs-celebrity-jeopardy.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/1695058282532051885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/1695058282532051885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/08/habs-celebrity-jeopardy.html' title='Habs Celebrity Jeopardy!'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-7898356482927478506</id><published>2011-08-02T22:31:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-02T22:43:24.722-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Tweet Tens!!</title><content type='html'>For your enjoyment, a massive amount of Tweet Tens!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tweet Ten signs the nfl lockout is over&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10.The CFL folds&lt;br /&gt;9.Dancing with the stars loses half its upcoming cast.&lt;br /&gt;8.Brett Favre comes out of retirement&lt;br /&gt;7.Brett Favre retires&lt;br /&gt;6.EA sports scraps the release of "NFLPA Lockout Negotiations 12"&lt;br /&gt;5.Fans forget that Hockey, Baseball and Basketball exist.&lt;br /&gt;4.The Bills are already 0-5&lt;br /&gt;3.Plaxico Burris is forced to resign as president of the NRA.&lt;br /&gt;2.Chad ochoconco inexplicably starts throwing tea in Boston Harbour&lt;br /&gt;1.You can still hear Gary Bettman's cursing from miles away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tweet Ten ways to get rid of Scott Gomez&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;10. Convince Sarah Palin to bring him on as her running mate.&lt;br /&gt;9. Tell him he's been traded to the Atlanta Thrashers and hope he doesnt read the newspaper.&lt;br /&gt;8. One word: Stanchion&lt;br /&gt;7. Buy him out..and by buy him out I mean blindfold him, gag him, put him in a box and ship him to Antarctica&lt;br /&gt;6. Tell him the NHL is now paying all of their players in Pesos.&lt;br /&gt;5.Invoke his 'no frealoader' clause that you are 100% sure was in his contract all along.&lt;br /&gt;4.Tell Brian Burke that he had a 'truculantoplasty'&lt;br /&gt;3.Sign him up for 'deadliest catch' behind his back. He's alaskan he for sure knows how to crab fish!&lt;br /&gt;2.Tell the Boston Bruins his dad is Gary Bettman&lt;br /&gt;1. Position him so that his blindside faces Matt Cooke&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;----&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tweet Ten things Ochocinco did while in Montreal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. OD at least once on Poutine.&lt;br /&gt;9. Ask everyone within earshot what the hell an Alouette is.&lt;br /&gt;8. Out of sheer confusion, will beat the crap out of Youppi&lt;br /&gt;7.Will spend 3 days furiously trying to roll the Orange Julep onto Decarie.&lt;br /&gt;6. Will receive no less that 5 tickets for turning right on a red.&lt;br /&gt;5.Win an NDP seat.&lt;br /&gt;4.Shatter every CFL receiving record...in one quarter&lt;br /&gt;3. carry on the tradition on being a visiting athlete in montreal by having george laraque publicly announce that he won't fight him.&lt;br /&gt;2.Will angrily tweet about having to wait in line at Schwartz's&lt;br /&gt;1. Legally change his name to Huit-Cinq&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-----&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tween Ten ways the Canucks, Bruins, and Lightning are passing the time while waiting for the Detroit/San Jose series to end.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. Since the Sedins aren't panning out, Alain Vigneault is going on a worldwide search for Ryan Kessler's lost twin.&lt;br /&gt;9. Ryan Kessler has been continuously sending Jonothan Toews "Hello from the playoffs, wish you were here" postcards to Jonothan Toews&lt;br /&gt;8. In an effort to stay hydrated, Zdeno Chara drank 2/3 of the Atlantic Ocean.&lt;br /&gt;7. Martin St. Louis made a 'how be really good at Hockey while being 5'1' video for David Desharnais&lt;br /&gt;6. Roberto Luongo and Maxim Lapierre played some intra-mural soccer games...so they wouldn't get out of practice. &lt;br /&gt;5. Tim Thomas gave a lecture on 'How to be the best at what you do despite having absolutely no technical skill related to your trade'&lt;br /&gt;4. Chris Higgins bought houses in every NHL city, just in case. &lt;br /&gt;3. Andrew Ference got himself a brand new set of gloves in hopes of avoiding any more malfunctions.&lt;br /&gt;2.Claude Julien has not stopped practicing his 'There is no way in hell that tha was a penalty' face.&lt;br /&gt;1. Steven Stamkos took over for Manny Ramirez in Right Field &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-----&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tweet Ten Signs you're getting traded at the MLB Trade Deadline&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. You're batting 10th&lt;br /&gt;9. Your GM asks you how much you think you're worth in cash.&lt;br /&gt;8. Your GM asks you how much you think you're worth in minor league pitchers.&lt;br /&gt;7. The only sign your base coaches give you is the middle finger.&lt;br /&gt;6. You put on your Yankees jersey before your game, but you play for the Padres.&lt;br /&gt;5. Instead of a paycheck your manager hands you a plane ticket.&lt;br /&gt;4.Your GM asks you if you're afraid of Green Monsters&lt;br /&gt;3. Instead of batting practice, your Manager makes you undergo 'Getting on a plane and flying to another city' practice'&lt;br /&gt;2.Your pitching coach asks you if you know how to hit. &lt;br /&gt;1.The trade deadline was 3 weeks ago and all of these things just happened to you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-----&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tweet ten things you missed during the MLB All Star Game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. Actual All-Stars&lt;br /&gt;9. Robinson showing off his wood&lt;br /&gt;8. The Rock performing a dramatic re-enactment of Derek Jeter's 3,000th hit.&lt;br /&gt;7.Alex Kovalev looking for a job explaining that he's really good at doing nothing for 1/9th of the game&lt;br /&gt;6. The entire 94 expos team simultaneously punching Bud Selig in the face.&lt;br /&gt;5.Roy Halladay getting pulled in favor of a pitch machine in the 4th&lt;br /&gt;4. Big Papi moonwalking the bases after a home run&lt;br /&gt;3. Product placement alert! Robinson Cano walks up to the plate with the worlds largest slim jim&lt;br /&gt;2. Mascot mud wrestling&lt;br /&gt;1.Jose Bautista juggling 12  balls and reciting shakespeare while balancing a 1972 Thunderbird on his head&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-----&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tweet Ten signs your league is in a lockout&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. You turn on ESPN and Hockey is on&lt;br /&gt;9. You contemplate going to the CFL for one one millionth of a second, as opposed to not contemplating it at all.&lt;br /&gt;8. You try to be a dual sport athlete but you skate worse than Patrice Brisebois.&lt;br /&gt;7. You lose your Gatorade sponsorship to those underage Chinese gymnasts from the Olympics.&lt;br /&gt;6. A rapper writes a song about your team called ‘Fat and Mellow’&lt;br /&gt;5. The Clippers are a .500 team&lt;br /&gt;4. You receive an offer to go to Europe to play football but are extremely confused when you show up and everyone is playing soccer.&lt;br /&gt;3. You realize there are a lot more chances to shoot yourself in the leg.&lt;br /&gt;2. Your days spent napping and playing X box seem less fulfilling.&lt;br /&gt;1. You hold a one hour long special on NBC called ‘The decision: Breakfast’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tweet Ten signs the Impact are moving to the MLS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;10. They hired Youppi.&lt;br /&gt;9. Half their players now go only by their last name.&lt;br /&gt;8. They're bringing in Maxim Lapierre as an assistant coach.&lt;br /&gt;7. Your house is full of Saputo Cheese but you have no idea how it got there. &lt;br /&gt;6. RDS televises their first soccer game in network history&lt;br /&gt;5. You start paying attention to Noel Butler&lt;br /&gt;4. The Als no longer have 15 'on call' backup kickers&lt;br /&gt;3. You find out that Toronto has a whole other demographic of fans for you to hate. &lt;br /&gt;2. The team announces the signing of a new forward-Tierry Henri-Bourassa&lt;br /&gt;1. They're changing their name to FC Montreal United City&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-----&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tweet Ten signs your team just re-located&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;10. The local Applebees stops giving you stuff for free.&lt;br /&gt;9. Tons of people from a city you've never heard of start following you on twitter&lt;br /&gt;8. You walk into your GMs office and you see the team mascot's head mounted on his wall.&lt;br /&gt;7. People haven't stopped asking you if you know how to drive a dog sled.&lt;br /&gt;6. Your real estate agent just sold your house but you didn't even put it on the market.&lt;br /&gt;5.Your cell phone just told you that you are 'roaming'&lt;br /&gt;4.Half of your team just signed in the KHL.&lt;br /&gt;3.Your GM calls you to remind you that you have a no trade clause.&lt;br /&gt;2.You tune in to sports center to find live coverage of Gary Bettman crying.&lt;br /&gt;1.Your team and its current city just ended their relationship on facebook&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-----&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tweet Ten best fan signs seen throughout the Stanley Cup Playoffs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;10. Ryder? I barely know her!&lt;br /&gt;9. Kesler is not diving, he's extreme plaking.&lt;br /&gt;8. Scott Gomez can afford to buy this sign over 8 Trillion times.&lt;br /&gt;7. Flyers goaltending can't even save a nintendo game.&lt;br /&gt;6. Matin St. Louis can't see over this sign.&lt;br /&gt;5. Hey Seguin, I have more eyes than you have shifts!&lt;br /&gt;4. HELP I'm caught in one of Kyle Wellwood's chins!!&lt;br /&gt;3. Either Sedin, will you marry me?&lt;br /&gt;2. If you can read this sign you aren't Milan Lucic&lt;br /&gt;1.This sign has more personality than Jacques Martin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-----&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tweet ten best moments of the Habs 2010-2011 season.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;10. When Maxim Lapierre got traded and nobody noticed or cared.&lt;br /&gt;9. When Carey Price wore the same mask for a record 5 consecutive games!&lt;br /&gt;8. When Scott Gomez elected to give everyone in the Bell Centre an equal stake in his salary-376.06&lt;br /&gt;7. When PK Subban scored a Hat Trick and caused Mike Richards to jump out a window&lt;br /&gt;6. That game against Carolina when Paul Mara's beard made Jeff Skinner wet himself&lt;br /&gt;5.When Josh Gorges reluctantly admitted that he was human.&lt;br /&gt;4. When Ken Dryden jumped Alex Auld in an alley and forced him to add a tribute to him on his mask at knifepoint.&lt;br /&gt;3. When we all found out what Stanchions were.&lt;br /&gt;2. When nobody cared about the Halak game.&lt;br /&gt;1. When the NHL rewarded Mike Cammalleri with a game off after he killed the deadly spider on Nino Niedereiter's ankle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-----&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-7898356482927478506?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/7898356482927478506/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/08/tweet-tens.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/7898356482927478506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/7898356482927478506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/08/tweet-tens.html' title='Tweet Tens!!'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-1796352043250343157</id><published>2011-06-24T00:08:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-28T21:36:41.055-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Probable Scenes From the 2011 NHL Entry Draft</title><content type='html'>Well, the NHL draft is tomorrow night and if Twitter doesn’t spoil the whole thing we should be in for a treat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GMs have been actually earning their pay (I’m looking at you, Paul Holmgren) by exploding the trade market wide open on Friday afternoon (One way to avoid a lockout: make the cap ceiling so damn high that everyone is happy). The draft will be just as it has been the past few years, with TSN making is seem like every player is way better than they actually are (unless your name is Stephen Stamkos) and with every team mysteriously having the name of the player they select on their jersey seconds after they announce the kid’s name. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am not a psychic, but I can make predictions, keep reading if you want to see some probably scenes from tomorrow night’s NHL draft.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;----&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brian Burke: Oh hey there Bryan, what’s up?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bryan Murray: Oh Um Hi Brian, nothing much.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brian Burke: Nooothing, hey you know what I just realised? We have the same first name!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bryan Murray: Oh yeah, except my name is spelled with a ‘Y’ and yours is with an ‘I’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brian Burke: Well then I guess that’s ‘Y’ you’re such a great dude!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bryan Murray: hahahaha! You know Brian, you’re a pretty good guy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brian Burke: Well thanks, hey, by the way...who are you drafting?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brian Murray: Well I was going to dra-WAIT A MINUTE! I won’t fall for that again!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brian Burke: Damn, I’ll get you Bryan! Who the hell spells ‘Brian’ with a ‘Y’ anways!?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Later on...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brian Burke: With the 25th pick in the 2011 entry draft, the Toronto Maple Leafs are proud to select...whoever the Ottawa Senators are going to take with their next pick. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bryan Murray: OH COME ON!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;----&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gary Bettman: We have a trade to announce.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The crowd gets excited.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gary Bettman: The Colorado Avalan-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*From the crowd* Bob McKenzie: I tweeted that like, 20 minutes ago. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gary Bettman: Oh, um...well The Da-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bob McKenzie: That one too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gary Bettman: Jesus! How about...the Anah-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eklund: Even I tweeted that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gary Bettman: F*Beep*ck Twitter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eklund: It was an E5!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-----&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peter Chiarelli: So, why are you here again?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zdeno Chara: Protection.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peter Chiarelli: I don’t understand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zdeno Chara: You insist to bring cup with you everywhere, owners want me to be bodyguard. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peter Chiarelli looks behind him at the Stanley cup, which has a leash around it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peter Chiarelli: That seems fair, what’s with that thing?&lt;br /&gt;Zdeno shifts to the left revealing a stanchion propped up against a wall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zdeno Chara: Weapon of choice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peter Chiarelli: Ah.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Gillis: Got any Sedins?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Glen Sather: You’re the only one who has Sedins, go fish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Gillis: Damn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jim Rutherford: Hey Glen, got any Staals?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Glen Sather: *Sigh* yeah. 2.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jim Rutherford: Nice! Hey Pierre, any Staals? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pierre Gauthier: No, but I’ll give you a Gomez for free! *Looks around* Anyone? Crap. Go fish Jim.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jim Rutherford: I got Jordan! FISH UPON MY WISH, AND A SET! 4 Staals!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ray Shero: Wait didn’t I have a Staal? You cheated!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All: F*beep*ck you Ray.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paul Holmgren: So we’re all set, Brian Boucher and Aaron Asham for the first overall pick.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steve Tambellini: Hmm, I don’t know...and isn’t Asham in Pittsburgh?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paul Holmgren: You need a goalie, and Boucher is a goalie. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steve Tambellini: Well, I can’t argue with that logic. I just think the 1st overall pick is worth more than him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paul Holmgren: *waves his hand* You WILL trade me the first overall pick.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steve Tambellini: I WILL TRADE YOU THE FIRST OVERALL PICK.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paul Holmgren: Eeeexcellent. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pierre Gauthier: So let me get this straight, you can make a trade...even without your team sustaining a massive injury to your star player, OR because your token French Canadian has started to suck and you need a new one?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Gillis: Yes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pierre Gauthier: Well I’ll be!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ken Holland: I don’t know, it just happens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Garth Snow: Just happens you say? Well, it sounds to me like you won’t be needing picks for round 1 through 5.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ken Holland: No, we’re going to keep them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Garth Snow: But come onnn I got burnt by Nabokoovvvv, my best player is Matt Moulssoooon. Please? I’ll trade Streit! He’s Swedish...or something.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ken Holland: Swiss.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Garth Snow: Whatever something French. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ken Holland: Goodbye Garth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pierre Gauthier: Hey man, welcome to the League!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kevin Cheveldayoff: Oh, thanks Pierre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pierre McGuire: I don’t know if you know this, but um...I generally manage the Montreal Canadiens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kevin Cheveldayoff: I know, it says so on the sign you’re holding. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pierre Gauthier: How did that get there? Anyways, I want to shoot a little offer your way, get your feet wet with the big boys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kevin Cheveldayoff: Are you trying to push Scott Gomez on me?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pierre Gauthier: No!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kevin Cheveldayoff: Because everyone keeps telling me you’re going to do that and I should run away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pierre Gauthier: Who said that? Yzerman? He’s a kidder!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kevin Cheveldayoff: Yzerman was one, Bowman, Niewendyk, Fletcher, Maloney, Armstrong..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pierre Gauthier: Umm..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kevin Cheveldayoff: McFee, Sherman, Lombardi, Feaster, Lamouriello, Regier...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pierre Gauthier: er..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kevin Cheveldayoff: And Burke.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pierre Gauthier: Wel...thank you for your time Kevin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-----&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James Duthie: Well this is a surprise! We are getting information that Sidney Crosby will be personally selecting the next pick for the Pittsburgh Penguins! Looks like he’s healing nicely from his massive concussion!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sidney Crosby: With the next pick, the Pittsbin Pengoons are proud to select, from the Bradnor Sneak Fiends in the Oh Ache Elle, Habana Shabanahabadoo. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James Duthie:....Uh....We’ll be right back.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-1796352043250343157?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/1796352043250343157/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/06/probably-scenes-from-2011-nhl-entry.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/1796352043250343157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/1796352043250343157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/06/probably-scenes-from-2011-nhl-entry.html' title='Probable Scenes From the 2011 NHL Entry Draft'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-865246702347612930</id><published>2011-05-13T13:56:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-13T14:02:07.793-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Carey Price-The Most Interesting Man in the NHL</title><content type='html'>Not much can be said about the soft spoken goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens, but he has led a very, very, very interesting life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sw12QVBEKfU/Tc1yBRwCGBI/AAAAAAAAAEk/o68TjbZ63Yg/s1600/carey-price-31-nhl.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 165px; height: 215px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sw12QVBEKfU/Tc1yBRwCGBI/AAAAAAAAAEk/o68TjbZ63Yg/s400/carey-price-31-nhl.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606262477416437778" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He is not the reincarnation of Jesus Christ, because Jesus Christ isn’t this good at Hockey.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His glove side is a black hole for Hockey pucks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When cows see him on a horse, they tie themselves up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Picasso rose from the dead to design him a new mask.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He has never made a routine save.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He wrote the lyrics to the Big Mac jingle. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His post-win poses can be seen from space.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cabbies pay him for the privilege to drive him around.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The triple low five prevents the universe from exploding&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He invented the Knucklepuck.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PK Subban does not have 2 younger brothers, he cloned PK Subban...and then cloned PK Subban’s clone. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He did not kill Osama Bin Laden, because everyone expected him to. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He persuaded Alexei Yemelin to come to North America by sending him a picture of himself with his arms crossed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He hates Puck Bunnies, but loves Puck Alpacas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark Zuckerberg is still waiting for him to accept his friend request. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He convinced the Penguins to lose their series so that Matt Cooke had no chance of playing another game this season. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He has seen the future and 1967 is still a thing there too. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He knows he is in the Matrix.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He convinced Chris Bosh to go to the Miami Heat, just so everyone would stop caring about Chris Bosh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Montreal Impact are named after his Johnson. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He putts with a pool cue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He has never written an autobiography, but he has written several manualbiographies. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He knew about Lando the moment he laid eyes on him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He owns a time share with Barak Obama, Steve Jobs, and The Dalai Lama...on The Moon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He can spell Schwarzenegger, but he won’t.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carey Price: I don’t always fight, but when I do, I prefer Tim Thomas&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-865246702347612930?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/865246702347612930/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/05/carey-price-most-interesting-man-in-nhl.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/865246702347612930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/865246702347612930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/05/carey-price-most-interesting-man-in-nhl.html' title='Carey Price-The Most Interesting Man in the NHL'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sw12QVBEKfU/Tc1yBRwCGBI/AAAAAAAAAEk/o68TjbZ63Yg/s72-c/carey-price-31-nhl.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-6280676598492974204</id><published>2011-03-30T00:31:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-30T00:32:57.251-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Tweet Ten Predictions for the 2011 MLB Season</title><content type='html'>Special Baseball edition of the Tweet Ten-Yeah...I can make fun of Baseball players too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. Manny Ramirez will show up to White Sox opening day because even he forgot he signed with the Rays.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9.Jose Bautista will not repeat his dream season due to the fact that Vernon Wells is no longer around to give him his special 'power bars'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8.Tim Lincecum will finally get all those jokes everyone keeps making about his last name. OR: Similar to the Mitchell Report-Tim Lincecum will release a list of every player he has ever smoked up with.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. To make a statement, 20,000 Expos fans will head to DC to make their presence known at a Nationals game-5,000 will instantly head home due to the fact that it's not 1$ hot dog night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6.After years of decision making, Phil Coke will sign a sponsorship deal with Coca Cola, who narrowly beat out the entire country of Columbia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5.To outdo the Yankees, the Rays will make Johnny Damon shave all of his body hair right before his first at bat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4.After an off-season of English lessons, the Yankees second baseman will let everyone know that his last name is actually pronounced 'Canoe'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Due to pressure from the front office Ron Halliday will get his PhD-adhering to the Phillies' 'literal nickname' policy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Albert Pujols will cause an uproar when he gets rid of his batting gloves and starts using the 'Moises Alou Method' for grip.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.The MLB will retire Youppi's Exclamation Mark.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-6280676598492974204?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/6280676598492974204/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/03/tweet-ten-predictions-for-2011-mlb.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/6280676598492974204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/6280676598492974204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/03/tweet-ten-predictions-for-2011-mlb.html' title='Tweet Ten Predictions for the 2011 MLB Season'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-7232025696387295077</id><published>2011-03-29T12:52:00.044-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-29T21:50:12.041-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Habs Goal Pool</title><content type='html'>WINNER: Congrats to DBlye! Predicted the goal to be scored at 13:35 into the first-Was the closest out of everyone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fact-The Montreal Canadiens have been shut out in 3 straight games. &lt;br /&gt;Fact-It's so sad, it's kind of funny. &lt;br /&gt;Fact-Alaska is close to breaking up with Scott Gomez. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Habs haven't scored in a while-I've started the Habs Goal Pool to get some entertainment out of the whole ordeal. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leave a comment with your thoughts on when you think the Habs will score the next goal, bonus points for who scored it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The winner gets a beer on me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My Prediction: 13:35 into the first period-Scored by Lars Eller&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;E&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ntrees:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MetricJulie:&lt;/strong&gt;4th minute into tonight's game. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MeredithBedard:&lt;/strong&gt; 9:27 into the first period-scored by James Wisniewki &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mechant_Mangeur:&lt;/strong&gt; 44 seconds into the game-scored by Brian Gionta &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MrBeersNYR:&lt;/strong&gt; November 3rd 2011 8:23 PM-&lt;em&gt;Most realistic prediction?&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MattMarleau:&lt;/strong&gt; 9 minutes into the 1st period of tonight's game. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tareq:&lt;/strong&gt; Minute 13 of the 1st&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PK Arctic: &lt;/strong&gt;1:23 of the 1st period&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lang_2727:&lt;/strong&gt; 7:00 into the first period-scored by Scott Gomez&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;KoolKeith19:&lt;/strong&gt; 8:46 in the 1st period-scored by Brian Gionta&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CyberCarotte:&lt;/strong&gt; 11 minutes into the 1st period-scored by Tomes Plekanec&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jorge Eduardo Chaparro:&lt;/strong&gt; 16 minutes into the 2nd period-scored by Hal Gill&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FlirtyJo:&lt;/strong&gt; 8:02 of the first period&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HeyMyNameIsWill:&lt;/strong&gt; 8:42 of the first period scored by Tomas Plekanec&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;mrd1808:&lt;/strong&gt; 18:10 into the first period&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;R_G_HOUSE:&lt;/strong&gt; 8:52 left in the first period-scored by Brian Gionta assisted by Scott Gomez&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RichardObrand:&lt;/strong&gt; 7:42 into the first-scored by Mike Cammalleri&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NastyKnate:&lt;/strong&gt; 3:42 into the first perid-scored by PK Subban from James Wisniewski and Tomas Plekanec-on the Powerplay&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JimmyCorp:&lt;/strong&gt; 45 seconds into the first period&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HaraniT:&lt;/strong&gt; 14:00 into the first period-Scored by P.K. Subban&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;__Danno: &lt;/strong&gt;3:33 of the 1st period-Scored by Hal Gill&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Max_Habs:&lt;/strong&gt; 2:00 into the second period-Scored by Andrei Kostitsyn&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SeanRCampbell:&lt;/strong&gt; 5:10 into the second period-Against Carolina&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;tec4_Cleveland:&lt;/strong&gt; 8:21 into the second period-Scored by David Desharnais&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;cdiraddo:&lt;/strong&gt; 2:00 into the first period&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Blockersave93:&lt;/strong&gt; 16:00 into the first period-Scored by Paul Mara on the Powerplay&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HabsGirl4Life:&lt;/strong&gt; 6:00 into the 2nd period-Scored by Benoit Pouliot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;rgolteez:&lt;/strong&gt; 9:00 into the first period-Scored by Brian Gionta&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;lbass007:&lt;/strong&gt; 1:00 into the first period&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kuyaz&lt;/strong&gt;: 11:21 into the first period-scored by Scott Gomez assisted by Brian Gionta&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AnneLaur:&lt;/strong&gt; 3:43 into the first period-Scored by Brian Gionta&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TomPalko:&lt;/strong&gt; 2:00 into the first period-Scored by Travis Moen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;anxnguyen:&lt;/strong&gt; 6:00 into the second period-Scored by Andrei Kostitsyn&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HabItHerWay:&lt;/strong&gt; 7:08 of the first period-Scored by Ryan White&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jess: &lt;/strong&gt;7:36 into the first perod-Scored by Tomas Plekanec&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;habsfan21:&lt;/strong&gt; 8:08 into the first period-Scored by James Wisniewski&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LadyHabs:&lt;/strong&gt; 4:15 into the first period-Scored by P.K. Subban&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GreyKnutson:&lt;/strong&gt; 11:11 in the first period-scored by Scott Gomez&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NMakris:&lt;/strong&gt; 7:31 left in the first period-Scored by Brian Gionta&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MatJacobson:&lt;/strong&gt; 12:20 into the first period scored by Andrei Kostitsyn&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;bsimco:&lt;/strong&gt; 3:25 into the 2nd period-Tomas Plekanec will be involved&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;robi90:&lt;/strong&gt; 5:06 of the first period-Scored by Mathieu Darche&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bandit132:&lt;/strong&gt; 5:45 in the first period&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TeepRock:&lt;/strong&gt; 7 minutes into the 1st period-Scored by Benoit Pouliot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JoeT_GBA:&lt;/strong&gt; 8:21 of the second period-Scored by Michael Cammalleri on the Powerplay&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DBlye: &lt;/strong&gt;12:35 into the first period-Scored by Andrei Kostitsyn&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Robert Shaps:&lt;/strong&gt;  11:01 into the 1st period-Scored by Brian&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ivanessat:&lt;/strong&gt; 13:06 of the second period-Scored by Mike Cammalleri&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;habsfollow: &lt;/strong&gt;3:30 into the first period-Scored by Mike Cammalleri&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bensucks: 15:28 of the first-Scored by Tomas Plekanec&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Habsobserver: 7:00 of the first-Scored by Tomas Plekanec&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DustinG: 4:00 into the first period-Scored by Andrei Kostitsyn&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Habsfan4ever: 2:21 into the first period-Scored by Mike Cammalleri&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Somesuperhotchick: 12:27 into the first period-Scored by PK Subban&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BigSee80: 5:00 into the first-Scored by Mathieu Darche&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ArponBasu: 11:17 into the first-Scored by Andrei Kostitsyn&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EricEngels: 3:00 minutes into the first period-Score by Tomas Plekanec&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BradBernhardt: 5:23 in the first-Scored by Brian Gionta&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Touteparpillee: 16:27 in the first period-Scored by Benoit Pouliot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;RiRi2514: 8:25 into the first-Scored by Brian Gionta&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Habsfan324: 17:57 into the first-Scored by James Wisniewski&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;RagingLogan: 5:50 into the first-Scored by Paul Mara&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sir Gary Thomas: 9:45 into the first period.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MarkovHabFan79: 12:00 into the first period-Scored by Brian Gionta&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scotty 89: 5:24 into the first period-Scored by David Desharnais&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DrDougMartin: 10:00 into the first period-Scored by Mike Cammalleri&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ElJayHabs: 11:00 into the first period-Scored by Brian Gionta&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TheTonyJones: 7:37 of the second period-Scored by Scott Gomez&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Habziefan09: 5:00 into the first period-Scored by Scott Gomez&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Simon Booth: 7:00 into the first period-Scored by Tomas Plekanec&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Noah_McCabe:2:32 into the first period-Scored by Benoit Pouliot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;JaredBook: 4:32 of the second period-Scored by Travis Moen&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-7232025696387295077?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/7232025696387295077/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/03/habs-goal-pool.html#comment-form' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/7232025696387295077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/7232025696387295077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/03/habs-goal-pool.html' title='Habs Goal Pool'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-483597066975486877</id><published>2011-03-23T10:44:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-23T10:49:55.079-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Tweet Ten Jobs we'd like to see Matt Cooke do now that he's suspended</title><content type='html'>10. Stanchion Tester&lt;br /&gt;9. Rodeo Clown&lt;br /&gt;8. GSP's punching bag&lt;br /&gt;7. Movie floor cleaner-tongue only&lt;br /&gt;6. Rebecca Black song listener&lt;br /&gt;5. Don Cherry NHL name translator&lt;br /&gt;4. Urinal cake taster&lt;br /&gt;3.Host of the new reality show 'beat the crao out of the host of this show'&lt;br /&gt;2. Mario Leimieux ass-kisser&lt;br /&gt;1. Gary Bettman's personal booster seat&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-483597066975486877?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/483597066975486877/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/03/tweet-ten-jobs-wed-like-to-see-matt.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/483597066975486877'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/483597066975486877'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/03/tweet-ten-jobs-wed-like-to-see-matt.html' title='Tweet Ten Jobs we&apos;d like to see Matt Cooke do now that he&apos;s suspended'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-8518186012703414390</id><published>2011-03-09T21:38:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-10T00:11:42.876-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Not so Habs Laughs-Max Pacioretty edition</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;If you’ve been following me for the past year and a bit you know that I never stray into the analytical side of things. I like to leave the commentary to the experts and choose to take a comedic approach to the Montreal Canadiens and the NHL as a whole. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;I am going to post my thoughts on the Chara/Pacioretty incident and just this once cross over into the more serious side of blogging. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;By now you have seen the hit from every angle; I am not going to talk about the hit. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;I am going to talk about the result; I am going to talk about the health of Max Pacioretty. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;What bothers me about the verdict that the NHL passed on to Chara is simply based on the fact that Max Pacioretty is still in the hospital. He will undergo serious therapy for the coming months, and will most likely never be the same player and person once he has ‘recovered’ from this ordeal. Zdeno Chara will continue on with his life as if nothing happened. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;As far as I know Zdeno Chara never apologized for the incident. He stated that the incident was ‘unfortunate’, which is in no way shape or form an apology. I have no relationship with Zdeno Chara, I don’t know what he is like away from a Hockey rink, but I hope to God that he is losing sleep over this situation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;Zdeno Chara put a 23 year old kid who was just breaking into the NHL in the hospital. Whether or not it was done with intent is debatable, but at the end of the day whether or not Max Pacioretty plays another Hockey game is still in question. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;I feel terrible for Max Pacioretty. I feel cheated the Zdeno Chara’s actions went unpunished-not because of the intent, but because of the result. Not from a Hockey perspective, but from a personal perspective. I’m not going to get into how the NHL justice system works; I am just stating that as a human being I feel like Zdeno Chara NEEDS to experience consequences for his actions. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;I know life isn’t fair, and Zdeno Chara being able to celebrate with his teammates after goals, after winning games, after winning playoff rounds…is simply the height of unfairness. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;Did the NHL drop the ball by not giving Chara any kind of punishment? I’ll leave that to the experts, I simply cannot give an objective opinion on the matter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;I know the NHL cannot give suspensions based on the fact that it is ‘the right thing to do’, but Max Pacioretty will never be the same again and it is Zdeno Chara’s fault. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;Regardless of intent. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Go Max Pacioretty Go&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-8518186012703414390?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/8518186012703414390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/03/not-so-habs-laughs-max-pacioretty.html#comment-form' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/8518186012703414390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/8518186012703414390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/03/not-so-habs-laughs-max-pacioretty.html' title='Not so Habs Laughs-Max Pacioretty edition'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-4278844253137131369</id><published>2011-03-08T23:51:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-08T23:54:19.339-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tweet Ten other things you didn't know about Hal Gill.</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;Before we get into things-&lt;strong&gt;good vibes for Max Pacioretty.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;Holy Crap-Hal Gill is a sniper! Here are some other things you didn't know about him.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;10. Frequently uses Scott Gomez as a pillow. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;9.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Does not know why the team is called the Sabres, but their logo is a Buffalo. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;8. His family pressured him to be a basketball player, but stereotypically; he can’t jump.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;7. Thinks that P.K. stands for ‘Pretty Kool’&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;6. Still a firm believer that Zdeno Chara is some kind of mythical creature. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;5. Has no idea why God frequently announces updates during games. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;4.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Used Pierre McGuire as a Q-tip once.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;3. The King’s Speech is loosely based off of Hal Gill’s life. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;2. Does both voices in the Dagwoods 5 after 5 commercial. True story. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;1. Thinks that ‘Titanic’ is a documentary.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-4278844253137131369?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/4278844253137131369/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/03/tweet-ten-other-things-you-didnt-know.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/4278844253137131369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/4278844253137131369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/03/tweet-ten-other-things-you-didnt-know.html' title='Tweet Ten other things you didn&apos;t know about Hal Gill.'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-1180162282825014061</id><published>2011-02-27T21:53:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-27T22:00:34.161-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Inside Pierre Gauthier's War Room</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;The trade deadline is under 24 hours away and every Habs fan is up in arms about what Pierre Gauthier will (or won’t) do in the hours to come. The Interim GM (not officially, but everyone knows a dude who has never played an NHL game isn’t qualified to be the Habs GM) has made some moves but so far he hasn’t dropped any jaws. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;Everyone out there seems to think that Pierre Gauthier is just sitting back and enjoying his life while every other GM is improving their team with trades and waiver claims.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;They’re wrong.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;Habs Laughs was recently invited (invited, pretended I was a plumber and installed a hidden camera…whatever) to the GMs office and had a first glace look at what the GM has done thus far.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;Enjoy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Inside Pierre Gauthier’s War Room&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;January 23&lt;sup&gt;rd&lt;/sup&gt; 2011&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pierre Gauthier:&lt;/strong&gt; I disagree; I think they can both make a great impact.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/strong&gt; You’re right, but they are totally different. One is all about size, the other is about style.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kirk Muller:&lt;/strong&gt; Style? We don’t need style, I need size.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/strong&gt; You mean we need size.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kirk Muller:&lt;/strong&gt; Whatever.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pierre Gauthier:&lt;/strong&gt; The bottom line is, I have two options, they’re both guarantees. All I need to do is pick up the phone, call one of them and it’s done.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kirk Muller:&lt;/strong&gt; I say we go with size. The team is hungry. If we’re only a phone call away then I see no harm in bringing it in. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/strong&gt; I was just going to say that. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pierre Gauthier:&lt;/strong&gt; Alright, I’ll call him up.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;He picks up the phone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pierre Gauthier:&lt;/strong&gt; Hello, Dominos? 4 Extra Large pepperoni please.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/strong&gt; I want Cinastix!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;--&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;February 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; 2011&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;*We enter to find Pierre Gauthier on the phone*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pierre Gauthier:&lt;/strong&gt; I know I know, I just….Yes I know. Well you know what they say: two heads are better than one haha!….you know I kind of did you a favour, you semi owe me Dave. You freaking gave me Dan Ellis! ….but he COULD have been! You know what the fans would have done if he had that twitter explosion as a Hab?...need I remind you of what they do when we win a playoff round?...Do you want that on your head? Look all I’m saying is-take the brother! What do you have to lose?...ASIDE from Hockey games?....ASIDE from fans? I’ll throw in the brother, a first round pick AND David Desharnais, the kid is totally the next Martin St. Louis, Eklund said so! You can’t lo----Hello?...Hello? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;Damn.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;--&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;February 17&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; 2011&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Trevor Timmins:&lt;/strong&gt; Is it true that you just traded for Paul Mara?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pierre Gauthier:&lt;/strong&gt; How did you know that?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Trevor Timmins:&lt;/strong&gt; It’s all over Twitter! You traded that pick we got for Lapierre? I already knew the 5’11 collegiate center I was going to draft with that!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pierre Gauthier:&lt;/strong&gt; I hadn’t even made the trade call to the league yet, how did twitter know? Who reported it?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Trevor Timmins:&lt;/strong&gt; Bob McKenzie.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pierre Gauthier:&lt;/strong&gt; How the hell did he know?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Trevor Timmins:&lt;/strong&gt; Well, he’s standing right there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bob McKenzie:&lt;/strong&gt; Yo!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pierre Gauthier:&lt;/strong&gt; GAAH!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bob McKenzie:&lt;/strong&gt; I'm the insider!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;*McKenzie disappears*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pierre Gauthier:&lt;/strong&gt; I feel violated.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;--&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;February 20&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; 2011&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pierre Gauthier:&lt;/strong&gt; Thank you all for coming, I called you all in here today to discuss a very pressing issue.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brian Burke:&lt;/strong&gt; You’re not truculent?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ken Holland:&lt;/strong&gt; You’re secretly Bob Gainey?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pierre Gauthier:&lt;/strong&gt; No no, I wanted to get you all in the same room because I don’t want anyone saying I didn’t try to do what I’m about to do.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Steve Yzerman:&lt;/strong&gt; This isn’t some kind of time share thing is it?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pierre Gauthier:&lt;/strong&gt; No, but it is an investment, a one time opportunity to get your hands on something that will help your team forever.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Peter Chiarelli:&lt;/strong&gt; Toronto’s draft picks?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pierre Gauthier:&lt;/strong&gt; No, I am talking about….Scott Gomez.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/strong&gt; That’s why I’m here?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Glen Sather:&lt;/strong&gt; HA!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mike Gillis:&lt;/strong&gt; I’m out.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ray Shero:&lt;/strong&gt; I’ve lost by two best players and even I don’t want him.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pierre Gauthier:&lt;/strong&gt; Wait! This is my last ditch effort! I paid for all of your flights and accommodations, the least you can do is hear me out!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bryan Murray: &lt;/strong&gt;You didn’t pay for my flight or accommodations!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pierre Gauthier:&lt;/strong&gt; Well, you’re not really a GM.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lou Lamoriello:&lt;/strong&gt; Burn.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pierre Gauthier:&lt;/strong&gt; Scott, tell them why you’re awesome.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/strong&gt; Are you serious? This isn’t going to work.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pierre Gauthier:&lt;/strong&gt; It better work, if you stay here things are going to be super awkward and I hate awkward situations. I traded Ryan O’Byrne because one time I went into the bathroom and someone was taking a dump, but the person didn’t hear me come in and really let it go. He came out of the stall when I was washing my hands. Super awkward. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/strong&gt; Anybody want me?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;*Silence*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pierre Gauthier:&lt;/strong&gt; Crap!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/strong&gt; I hate you Pierre.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pierre Gauthier:&lt;/strong&gt; Yeah well, you’re richer than me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/strong&gt; True. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;February 25&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; 2011&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/strong&gt; He’s most likely out for the year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pierre Gauthier:&lt;/strong&gt; Eff.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/strong&gt; …Gee?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pierre Gauthier:&lt;/strong&gt; Man you’re dumb sometimes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/strong&gt; What are we going to do about this?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pierre Gauthier:&lt;/strong&gt; I don’t know, I’ve traded for so many 7&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; defensemen, it’s kind of sad.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/strong&gt; Lyle Odelein owes us a favour, want me to call him?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pierre Gauthier:&lt;/strong&gt; *sigh* I already called him. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/strong&gt; Well, we can always trade for one more. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pierre Gauthier:&lt;/strong&gt; What does NHL 11 say?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Carey Price:&lt;/strong&gt; It says Atlanta will give us Brent Sopel and Nigel Dawes for Ben Maxwell and a 4&lt;sup&gt;th &lt;/sup&gt;Round pick. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pierre Gauthier:&lt;/strong&gt; You know, that can work, good work Carey.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Carey Price:&lt;/strong&gt; Pass the Cheetos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pierre Gauthier:&lt;/strong&gt; K&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/strong&gt; El?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt;--&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Calibri;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-1180162282825014061?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/1180162282825014061/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/02/inside-pierre-gauthiers-war-room.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/1180162282825014061'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/1180162282825014061'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/02/inside-pierre-gauthiers-war-room.html' title='Inside Pierre Gauthier&apos;s War Room'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-615771727328979388</id><published>2011-02-15T19:10:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-27T22:14:37.717-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tweet Ten Best Moments of Pierre Gauthier's First Year</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';color:black;"&gt;10. Finally figured out how to set up his&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';color:black;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';color:black;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://linkedin.com/" target="_blank"&gt;linkedin.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';color:black;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';color:black;"&gt;account!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';color:black;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;9. That time when Jaroslav Halak sealed his fate by not letting him win at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;connect 4.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;8. Getting Justin Biebers autograph.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;7. Succesfully continuing the tradition of releasing and then signing a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;better 3rd to 4&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;line center.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;6. Tricking Tomas Plekanec into signing that 5 million peso per year &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;contract.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;5. Signing Alex Auld- the best goalie in the nhl whose last name rhymes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;with his hairstyle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;4. Similar to Mario Lemieux and Sidney Crosby, Gauthier moved in to Price's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;basement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;3. Successfully keeping the secret that he is in some kind of 'face off'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;situation with Bob Gainey.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;2. Not re-signing Marc-Andre Bergeron&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;1.Nabbed future Norris trophy winner: Bret Festerling&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-615771727328979388?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/615771727328979388/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/02/tweet-ten-best-moments-of-pierre.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/615771727328979388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/615771727328979388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/02/tweet-ten-best-moments-of-pierre.html' title='Tweet Ten Best Moments of Pierre Gauthier&apos;s First Year'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-5825850374246968251</id><published>2011-02-06T11:08:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-06T11:11:33.199-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tweet Ten signs your Superbowl party sucks.</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;10.&lt;/b&gt; There’s Quiche.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left; display: inline !important; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;9. &lt;/b&gt;During halftime the host makes you play ‘Glee Karaoke’&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;8.&lt;/b&gt; On your betting spreadsheet, Troy Polamalu is listed as ‘That dude with the hair from the head and shoulders commercials’&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;7.&lt;/b&gt; The beer is non-alcoholic because the host’s parents think that you don’t need alcohol to have a good time. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;6.&lt;/b&gt; You’re attending some kind of online video chat thingy. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;5.&lt;/b&gt; It's the week earlier and you're watching the Pro Bowl. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;4.&lt;/b&gt; The host doesn't get the American commercials.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;3.&lt;/b&gt; Everyone there is only there because there was a Habs game on that afternoon. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;2.&lt;/b&gt; Did I mention there’s Quiche? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;1.&lt;/b&gt; The Host doesn’t have HD and it turns out you’ve been watching a rerun of the 1987 Grey Cup the entire time. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-5825850374246968251?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/5825850374246968251/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/02/tweet-ten-signs-your-superbowl-party.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/5825850374246968251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/5825850374246968251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/02/tweet-ten-signs-your-superbowl-party.html' title='Tweet Ten signs your Superbowl party sucks.'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-55958580286467552</id><published>2011-01-29T17:25:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-29T17:34:31.538-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Things overheard at the NHL All-Star Fantasy Draft.</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Well, the first ever NHL All-Star Fantasy Draft is in the books, and Habs Laughs was there with a few mics of our own! This is what we were able to catch from the festivities. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;---&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Carey Price:&lt;/b&gt; Last year he took a clapper from inside the circle…almost killed me. Hit the glass before I moved….so happy it missed my head. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tim Thomas:&lt;/b&gt; Wow.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Carey Price:&lt;/b&gt; Yeah…&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tim Thomas (to David Backes): &lt;/b&gt;Do you know who this kid is?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;David Backes:&lt;/b&gt; Shia Labeouf? &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;---&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Paul Statsny:&lt;/b&gt; Really? Two first rounders?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Phil Kessel:&lt;/b&gt; Yep&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Paul Statsny:&lt;/b&gt; And Boston is…&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Phil Kessel: &lt;/b&gt;Still good without me yes.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Paul Stastny: &lt;/b&gt;Damn….enjoy the car dude.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Phil Kessel:&lt;/b&gt; *Sigh* Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;---&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Henrik Sedin:&lt;/b&gt; Everyone is expecting us to do some kind of Olsen Twins thing and switch places.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Henrik Sedin:&lt;/b&gt; You’re not Henrik, I’m Henrik.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Daniel Sedin:&lt;/b&gt; Oh yeah. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;---&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Alex Ovechkin:&lt;/b&gt; And they say ‘you shave and we give money’ so I shave.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jeff Skinner:&lt;/b&gt; What’s shaving like?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;---&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;James Duthie:&lt;/b&gt; Ladies and Gentlemen, your NHL ALL-Star rookies!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;*General applause*&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mike Richards:&lt;/b&gt; I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE! *Jumps out window*&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Taylor Hall:&lt;/b&gt; Dude that’s probably your fault.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;P.K. Subban: &lt;/b&gt;Ehn.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;---&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Eric Staal:&lt;/b&gt; If we don’t pick Chara, he might he might eat us.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ryan Kesler:&lt;/b&gt; True.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Eric Staal:&lt;/b&gt; We pick Chara.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nik Lidstrom:&lt;/b&gt; Hey Zdeno…are you going to eat us because we didn’t pick you?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Zdeno Chara:&lt;/b&gt;…..I might. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;---&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Matt Duchene:&lt;/b&gt; Come one man say it.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jamie McBain: &lt;/b&gt;I dunno…&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Duncan Keith: &lt;/b&gt;Say it!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jamie McBain:&lt;/b&gt; Come one guys…&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cam Fowler:&lt;/b&gt; FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SAY IT!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jamie McBain:&lt;/b&gt; Fine!....Up And At Zem! &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;All:&lt;/b&gt; Aaaaaahhhh!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;---&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;James Duthie:&lt;/b&gt; Hey Phil, Have you met Tyl---ooohhhhh right.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;---&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Henrik Lundqvist:&lt;/b&gt; So, was that a conscious decision to put those glasses on this morning when you left the house?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jonas Hiller:&lt;/b&gt; Yeah…&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Henrik Lundqvist:&lt;/b&gt; Just wondering.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;---&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dustin Byfuglien:&lt;/b&gt; Kaner, Cap’s serious…we’re on the same team again!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Patrick Kane:&lt;/b&gt; Looks like it.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jonathan Toews:&lt;/b&gt; Yep&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dustin Byfuglien: &lt;/b&gt;Ha-ha now Sharp is Byfuglien!!!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Patrick Kane: &lt;/b&gt;No…it’s still you.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dustin Byfuglien:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Awww…. Hey by the way, I still haven’t gotten my cup ring.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jonathan Toews:&lt;/b&gt; I wouldn’t know anything about that.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;---&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;James Duthie:&lt;/b&gt; So how does it feel to be an all-star again?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Martin Havlat:&lt;/b&gt; It’s best I not say or do anything at risk of my agent going on a twitter rampage.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;James Duthie:&lt;/b&gt;….fair enough.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;---&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brad Richards:&lt;/b&gt; Hey man, I’m glad I had a chance to talk to you.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Corey Perry:&lt;/b&gt; What’s up?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brad Richards:&lt;/b&gt; I wanted to be the one to extend an invitation for you to join the NHL Two First Names club.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Corey Perry:&lt;/b&gt; Wow, I’m honored!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Duncan Keith: &lt;/b&gt;It really is awesome.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tim Thomas:&lt;/b&gt; The perks are fantastic.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rick Nash:&lt;/b&gt; And the women are off the charts!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Corey Perry:&lt;/b&gt; Uhh..&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rick Nash:&lt;/b&gt; Nash Bridges was a very popular show!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-55958580286467552?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/55958580286467552/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/01/things-overheard-at-nhl-all-star.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/55958580286467552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/55958580286467552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/01/things-overheard-at-nhl-all-star.html' title='Things overheard at the NHL All-Star Fantasy Draft.'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-2399672967487302267</id><published>2011-01-29T12:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-29T12:09:05.613-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tweet Ten rejected skills competition events.</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;10.&lt;/b&gt; The ‘Get Alex Kovalev To Try’ competition.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;9.&lt;/b&gt; Head shot accuracy competition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;8. &lt;/b&gt;The Bruce Boudreau F bomb count!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;7.&lt;/b&gt; The rookie spin-a-rama shootout.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;6.&lt;/b&gt; The Guess what Ovechkin is trying to say competition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;5.&lt;/b&gt; The ‘Try not to score on Martin Brodeur’ contest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;4.&lt;/b&gt; The ‘Guess where Nabokov will play’ trivia game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;3.&lt;/b&gt; The James Wisniewski Mime showdown.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;2.&lt;/b&gt; The Spell Cammalleri spelling bee&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;1.&lt;/b&gt; Chase the greased up mascot contest&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-2399672967487302267?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/2399672967487302267/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/01/tweet-ten-rejected-skills-competition.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/2399672967487302267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/2399672967487302267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/01/tweet-ten-rejected-skills-competition.html' title='Tweet Ten rejected skills competition events.'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-9025174638407139124</id><published>2011-01-22T09:47:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-22T13:59:10.788-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Actual Odds on Saku Koivu's return</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;Sometimes you just can't make comedy up...sometimes you have to find it in unexpected places...sometimes you have to wait for someone to tell you that something is funny....and that is what happened today.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "&gt;Credit &lt;b&gt;Matthew Ross, Radio Host on Game Points on the Team 990&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-family: arial, Verdana, 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px; "&gt;Sundays 6pm-8pm and Tuesdays 11pm-1am, also home of the Tweet Ten) for sending me this info.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-family: arial, Verdana, 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-family: arial, Verdana, 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px; "&gt;You know that people these days will bet on anything.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-family: arial, Verdana, 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px; "&gt; From the color of the post-game Gatorade dump to how many goals Martin Brodeur will let in within a 5 minute span...no rock is left overturned.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-family: arial, Verdana, 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-family: arial, Verdana, 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px; "&gt;Leave it to&lt;b&gt; www.bodog.ca&lt;/b&gt; to make up some odds on the return of Saku Koivu tonight. Take a look at the lines below. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(66, 66, 66); font-family: arial, Verdana, 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Will Saku Koivu (ANA) score a goal?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Yes +325 ( or 13/4)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;No -450 ( or 2/9)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Will Saku Koivu (ANA) record a point?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Yes +140 (or 7/5)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;No -170 (or 10/17)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Will Saku Koivu (ANA) be the first star of the Game?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Yes -150 (or 2/3)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;No +110 (or 11/10)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;What this is saying is that in their opinion Saku Koivu is favored to be the First Star of the game, but not favored at all to record a point in it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Only in Montreal. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Go Habs Go.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Welcome back Saku. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-9025174638407139124?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/9025174638407139124/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/01/actual-odds-on-saku-koivus-return.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/9025174638407139124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/9025174638407139124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/01/actual-odds-on-saku-koivus-return.html' title='Actual Odds on Saku Koivu&apos;s return'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-7322378769973961339</id><published>2011-01-19T21:05:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-19T21:13:45.214-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tweet Ten Habs Commandments</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Tweet Ten Habs Commandments-&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Thou must abide.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;10. Thou shall always blame the coach after a loss.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;9. Thou shall never mention the coach after a win.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;8. Thou art a douche if you put your last name on the back of your jersey.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;7. Thou will go to hell if you ever boo Saku Koivu. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;6. Thou must buy at least 3 copies of every Alex Kovalev instructional DVD.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;5. Thou shall never forget the Huet/Aebischer tandem.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;4. Honor thy Rocket and thy Flower.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;3. Thou shall pretend that you are ok with $10 beers.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;2. Thou shall always wait for Andrei Markov.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;1. Thou shall always, ALWAYS, chant 67. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-7322378769973961339?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/7322378769973961339/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/01/tweet-ten-habs-commandments.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/7322378769973961339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/7322378769973961339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/01/tweet-ten-habs-commandments.html' title='Tweet Ten Habs Commandments'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-635953422973732901</id><published>2011-01-16T21:28:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-16T21:34:25.156-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I Found Pierre Gauthier's Blackberry...Again!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Habs Laughs is back from vacation and guess what, I found Pierre Gauthier’s BlackBerry again!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Actual excerpts from Pierre Gauthier’s Blackberry. (disclaimer: previous sentence may or may not be false…it’s false)&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "&gt;&lt;b&gt;BBM Conversation with PIN 672MF2134 Colin Campbell&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pierre Gauthier~Canadiens GM!: &lt;/b&gt;Dude, what the hell?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Colin Campbell~Head shot count-0:&lt;/b&gt; Sigh, hello.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pierre Gauthier~Undefeated!:&lt;/b&gt; Ok I have an actual issue, but I can’t let that slide…why did you actually type ‘sigh’?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Colin Campbell~Head shot count-0:&lt;/b&gt; Because you’re boring.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pierre Gauthier~Undefeated!:&lt;/b&gt; I’m boring? &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Colin Campbell~Head shot count-0: &lt;/b&gt;Yeah Bob…you’re boring.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pierre Gauthier~Undefeated!:&lt;/b&gt; I’m not Bob Gainey.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Colin Campbell~Head shot count-0:&lt;/b&gt; What?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pierre Gauthier~Undefeated!:&lt;/b&gt; Can you read?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Colin Campbell~Head shot count-0:&lt;/b&gt; Selectively.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pierre Gauthier~Undefeated!:&lt;/b&gt; I’m not Bob Gainey, I took over for him a while ago.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Colin Campbell~Head shot count-0:&lt;/b&gt; Well I’ll be. Well anyways, what’s the issue?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pierre Gauthier~Undefeated!:&lt;/b&gt; Your suspension of Mike Cammalleri.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Colin Campbell~Head shot count-0:&lt;/b&gt; Ah yeah…slashed a rookie or something.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pierre Gauthier~Undefeated!:&lt;/b&gt; Are you serious? Did you even see what happened?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Colin Campbell~Head shot count-0:&lt;/b&gt; Yeah I saw, he slashed one of the Neidermayers.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pierre Gauthier~Undefeated!: &lt;/b&gt;My god. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Colin Campbell~Head shot count-0: &lt;/b&gt;Anyways, the suspension stands, Greg said so. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pierre Gauthier~Undefeated!:&lt;/b&gt; I’m sorry what?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Colin Campbell~Head shot count-0:&lt;/b&gt; My son told me that Cammalleri didn’t willingly turn over the puck when they played against each other last season or something like that and I’ve been just waiting for an opportunity to take him out.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pierre Gauthier~Undefeated!&lt;/b&gt;: Are you seri-&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pierre Gauthier~Undefeated!:&lt;/b&gt; Shit! I just deleted the convo, can you repeat what you just said?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Colin Campbell~Head shot count-0: &lt;/b&gt;Nope!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pierre Gauthier~Undefeated!:&lt;/b&gt; Rats.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Colin Campbell~Head shot count-0:&lt;/b&gt; no no…Bruins. 2010-2011 Northeast division champs! &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text to 514-404-0404-Max Laps&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Hey Max, just want to let you know that you’ve been traded.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from 514-404-0404-Max Laps&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;HAHAHAHAHAHAHA&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text to 514-404-0404-Max Laps&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I’m serious.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from 514-404-0404-Max Laps&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Stop texting me in English&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text to 514-404-0404-Max Laps&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;That’s part of the problem…we don’t care what language you speak…we’re moving on, you’re not living up to our expectations.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from 514-404-0404-Max Laps&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;You can’t trade me! I’m Maxime Lapierre! I’m the only connection the fans have to a French Canadian hero!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text to 514-404-0404-Max Laps&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Yeah, the self entitlement thing isn’t very attractive either. Besides Darche does twice what you do and doesn’t flop after every hit to boot. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from 514-404-0404-Max Laps&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Oh come on…I’ll get a degree! The University of Phoenix takes anyone!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text to 514-404-0404-Max Laps&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Sorry Max, it’s done.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from 514-404-0404-Max Laps&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Where am I going?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text to 514-404-0404-Max Laps&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Anaheim&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from 514-404-0404-Max Laps&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"&gt;Merde. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text to list ALL GMS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Hi guys, I know it’s a long shot…but I’m looking to unload Andrei Kostitsyn. Looking for a roster player back…doesn’t have to be much. Let me know either way, thanks.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Rick Dudley:&lt;/b&gt; No&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Peter Chiarelli:&lt;/b&gt; Not if you paid me….anything less than $1,000,000&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Jim Rutherford:&lt;/b&gt; Nope&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from George McPhee:&lt;/b&gt; I’m famous now, how did you get this number?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Bob Murray:&lt;/b&gt; I already too Lapierre, I’m not your trash can Pierre.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Darcy Regier:&lt;/b&gt; No&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Jim Rutherford:&lt;/b&gt; I already have to deal with Samsonov. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Dale Tallon:&lt;/b&gt; No thanks&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Lou Lamoriello:&lt;/b&gt; No, and I’m better than you.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Garth Snow:&lt;/b&gt; Nah, I like the attention that comes with picking first overall.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Glen Sather: &lt;/b&gt;HAHAHAHA&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Bryan Murray:&lt;/b&gt; Already took one of his kind off your hands, my job can’t handle two.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Paul Holmgren:&lt;/b&gt; No, and hey…remember the playoffs? That was awesome for me. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Ray Shero: &lt;/b&gt;Crosby says no…so no.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Jay Feaster:&lt;/b&gt; I have a really good mediocre vibe going on here…don’t want to bring the average down.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Stan Bowman&lt;/b&gt;: Nah…he’s not North American.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Greg Sherman:&lt;/b&gt; I’m out of 2010 first rounders.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Scott Howson:&lt;/b&gt; Non. Is that how you say it?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Joe Niewendyk:&lt;/b&gt; Want Ribeiro in return? Didn’t think so.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Ken Holland:&lt;/b&gt; Not a Swede.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Steve Tambellini: &lt;/b&gt;I’m looking to have the exact same team for the next 25 years.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Dean Lombardi:&lt;/b&gt; Nope&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Chuck Fletcher:&lt;/b&gt; Do you know how much food Latendresse eats? My catering bill has tripled. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from David Poile:&lt;/b&gt; …..eff you.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Don Maloney&lt;/b&gt;: I don’t think he’ll like Winnipeg.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Doug Wilson: &lt;/b&gt;Thornton can’t pronounce his name.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Doug Armstrong:&lt;/b&gt; Still reeling after loss of Eller and Schultz, can’t afford to give up anything else.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Mike Gillis:&lt;/b&gt; Does he have a twin brother?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Brian Burke:&lt;/b&gt; Yeah sure!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text to Brian Burke:&lt;/b&gt; Really?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Brian Burke:&lt;/b&gt; No. But I’m going to sign him this off-season for more than market value.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text to Brian Burke: &lt;/b&gt;Bastard.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Text from Brian Burke:&lt;/b&gt; I love myself&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-635953422973732901?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/635953422973732901/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/01/i-found-pierre-gauthiers.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/635953422973732901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/635953422973732901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2011/01/i-found-pierre-gauthiers.html' title='I Found Pierre Gauthier&apos;s Blackberry...Again!'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-8232263824025192251</id><published>2010-12-16T10:24:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-16T10:25:29.138-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Winter Break</title><content type='html'>Habs Laughs is taking a little break for the Holiday period. Blogs and Tweet Tens will be back in the middle of January. Thanks for visiting!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-8232263824025192251?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/8232263824025192251/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/12/winter-break.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/8232263824025192251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/8232263824025192251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/12/winter-break.html' title='Winter Break'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-2105164781467995815</id><published>2010-12-15T18:10:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-15T18:16:46.730-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tweet Ten 14</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tweet Ten Montreal Canadiens New Years Resolutions.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;10. I, Travis Moen resolve to stop pretending I’m a top 6 forward.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;9. I, Jacques Martin resolve to base my coaching decisions by what I read on Twitter.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;8. I, Scott Gomez resolve to stop sending love letters to Brian Gionta.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;7. I, Brian Gionta resolve to finall find out who is stalking me.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;6. I, Dustin Boyd resolve to only get waived ONCE in the 2011 calendar year.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;5. I, Tomas Plekanec resolve to stop getting hickies because I secretly hate turtle necks.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;4. I, Andrei Kostitsyn…don’t understand the question.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;3. I, Kirk Muller resolve to listen to at least 25% of what Jacqes Martin says.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;"&gt;2. I, Jaroslav Spacek resolve to stop sounding like the Speak N Spell from hell.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "&gt;1. I, P.K. Subban resolve to be a good wittle boy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; font-weight: bold; "&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-2105164781467995815?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/2105164781467995815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/12/tweet-ten-14.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/2105164781467995815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/2105164781467995815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/12/tweet-ten-14.html' title='Tweet Ten 14'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-5415305890575295453</id><published>2010-12-08T11:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-08T11:36:10.611-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tweet Ten 13!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tweet Ten PK Subban press box thoughts. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;10.&lt;/b&gt; playing the goal horn right when the ref is announcing a penalty is awesome.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;9.&lt;/b&gt; Why is it frowned upon to order Queue De Cheval to the press box? I said I would share. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;8.&lt;/b&gt; I really need to bring in some extra security for the next game. I am flat out scared of Youppi.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;7.&lt;/b&gt; The U2 goal song is ok, but I wonder if there is a song that every single fan loves that they used to use but don’t use anymore for unexplainable reasons. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;6.&lt;/b&gt; The players look like ants from up here, Hal Gill looks like a larger ant. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;5.&lt;/b&gt; I wonder if people would notice if I put on Weber’s jersey and just pretended to be him all night?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;4.&lt;/b&gt; I have found enough physical evidence to suggest that Dustin Boyd has formed some kind of permanent residence up here.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;3. &lt;/b&gt;It’s incredibly hard to become the Pom fan of the game. It’s all politics.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2.&lt;/b&gt; I truly believe that I can be a better centerman than Scott Gomez.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1.&lt;/b&gt; Do I get free wings if the Habs score 5 goals? &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-5415305890575295453?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/5415305890575295453/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/12/tweet-ten-13.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/5415305890575295453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/5415305890575295453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/12/tweet-ten-13.html' title='Tweet Ten 13!'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-8252530390931837283</id><published>2010-12-01T19:11:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-01T19:18:43.964-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Scott Gomez: Pros and Cons</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;It has been statistically proven that Gomez struggles through the months of October and November (look it up yourselves) so here I am, in the beginning of December…hoping for a Scott Gomez resurrection. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Kind of like Jesus. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The Habs traded for Gomez and some will argue that without him we wouldn’t have nabbed Mike Cammalleri and Brian Gionta, but I think I can think of 6 and 5 million reasons respectively to counter that argument. (Money) &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I sound way too much like a real blogger. Let’s get to the jokes. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez: Pros and Cons&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pro:&lt;/b&gt; He won the Calder Trophy.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Con: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;He also won the Scott Gomez Trophy (four years running), which is awarded annually to the person with the worst points to salary ratio. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;--&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pro:&lt;/b&gt; He has won two Stanley Cups, which is more than anyone else on the Canadiens.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Con:&lt;/b&gt; How many cups can you win in a single career if your last name isn’t Gretzky? &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;--&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pro:&lt;/b&gt; Is great mentor for young players.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Con:&lt;/b&gt; Max Pacioretty really looks up to him. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;--&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pro:&lt;/b&gt; is one of the best in the league at weaving his way through the neutral zone.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Con:&lt;/b&gt; That’s about it. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;--&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pro:&lt;/b&gt; Can afford to give everyone at the Bell Centre around $376 once a year. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Con:&lt;/b&gt; He won’t. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;--&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pro: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Hi nickname is G-Love. That’s pretty cool.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Con:&lt;/b&gt; The ‘G’ stands for Gonorrhea.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;--&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pro:&lt;/b&gt; He’s a locker room leader.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Con: &lt;/b&gt;By leader, I mean cancer.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;--&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pro:&lt;/b&gt; He is a part of the ‘Leadership Team’ on the Montreal Canadiens.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Con:&lt;/b&gt; He’s only on it because he threatened to stop paying for team dinners if he was excluded. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;--&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pro:&lt;/b&gt; Loves Montreal, never wants to leave.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Con:&lt;/b&gt; Loves Montreal, never wants to leave. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;--&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pro:&lt;/b&gt; Decided to wear number 11 for the first time since his junior years.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Con:&lt;/b&gt; Saku Koivu unfriended him on Facebook.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;--&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pro: &lt;/b&gt;Uses his elite playmaking abilities to set up linemates that lead to beautiful goals. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Con:&lt;/b&gt; In NHL 11.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;--&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pro:&lt;/b&gt; Loves playing with Habs players like Tomas Plekanec, Mike Cammalleri, and Brian Gionta despite them having to work a little harder due to his recent struggles. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Con:&lt;/b&gt; Can’t take a hint…&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;--&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pro:&lt;/b&gt; Tries every night, unlike Alex Kovalev.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Con: &lt;/b&gt;Is not as good as Alex Kovalev, even when giving it 110%&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;--&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pro:&lt;/b&gt; Has established himself as Jacques Martin’s number 2 center.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Con:&lt;/b&gt; Only because Tomas Plekanec gets tired every once in a while.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;--&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pro:&lt;/b&gt; Doesn’t have to worry about being traded due to his enormous cap hit.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Con:&lt;/b&gt; He thought that in New York too…&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;--&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pro:&lt;/b&gt; Lars Eller is a good guy who knows he has to pay his dues before playing more minutes with more talented players.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Con:&lt;/b&gt; At least that’s what he tells himself every night before bedtime. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-8252530390931837283?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/8252530390931837283/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/12/scott-gomez-pros-and-cons.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/8252530390931837283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/8252530390931837283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/12/scott-gomez-pros-and-cons.html' title='Scott Gomez: Pros and Cons'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-3481865284547927855</id><published>2010-12-01T11:59:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-01T12:01:41.045-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tweet Ten 12!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tweet Ten reasons why everyone hates P.K. Subban.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;10&lt;/b&gt;. When he was drafted he put his hat on before his jersey. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;9.&lt;/b&gt; He gives ‘Wet Willies’ during scrums. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;8.&lt;/b&gt; Everyone thinks Campbell's e-mails are about him.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;7.&lt;/b&gt; Does that really annoying thing called ‘plays better than you’. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;6.&lt;/b&gt; All he does while trash talking is quote Family Guy. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;5.&lt;/b&gt; His ‘spinarama’ makes other players look like they’re in pee-wee. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;4.&lt;/b&gt; He calls Eklund every day and tells him that he heard that random players were getting traded. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;3.&lt;/b&gt; Every time he records a point he tells you that he has himself on his own Fantasy Team.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2.&lt;/b&gt; He keeps telling everyone that the number on the back of his jersey is the amount of times he has slept with their mother. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1. &lt;/b&gt;They’re scared of what would happen to them if they were to disagree with Mike Richards.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-3481865284547927855?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/3481865284547927855/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/12/tweet-ten-12.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/3481865284547927855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/3481865284547927855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/12/tweet-ten-12.html' title='Tweet Ten 12!'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-1830228417849996661</id><published>2010-11-24T09:11:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-24T09:14:55.920-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tweet Ten 11-Special Edition!</title><content type='html'>In honor of the Montreal Alouettes making and competing in the Grey Cup this Sunday against the Saskatchewan Roughriders I thought I would shake things up a bit for this week's Tweet Ten. It's a special CFL edition, hope you enjoy!&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tweet Ten signs you’re playing in the Grey Cup and not in the Superbowl.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:&amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;10.&lt;/b&gt; You follow your blockers on your kick-off return and pass the 50 yard line twice. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:&amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;9.&lt;/b&gt; It’s snowing. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:&amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;8.&lt;/b&gt; Americans have never heard of the band playing the half-time show. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:&amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;7.&lt;/b&gt; You try to give your coach a Gatorade shower but its -20 outside and you end up crushing him with a block of Gatorade ice. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:&amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;6.&lt;/b&gt; The new Tim Horton’s Touchdown Turnover commercial just can’t compare to anything that GoDaddy can come up with. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:&amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;5.&lt;/b&gt; Anthony Calvillo was named the game’s MVP and the game hasn’t even started yet. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:&amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;4.&lt;/b&gt; The flags are Orange. That’s just weird. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:&amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;3.&lt;/b&gt; It’s 1-0 after the first quarter.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:&amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2. &lt;/b&gt;Cleo Lemon isn’t playing in the Grey Cup either.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:&amp;quot;Helvetica&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1. &lt;/b&gt;Chances are every player on your team has played for the opposing team at some point in their career.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-1830228417849996661?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/1830228417849996661/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/11/tweet-ten-11-special-edition.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/1830228417849996661'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/1830228417849996661'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/11/tweet-ten-11-special-edition.html' title='Tweet Ten 11-Special Edition!'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-8328324112236805821</id><published>2010-11-17T20:01:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-17T20:03:43.331-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tweet Ten 10!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tweet Ten Andrei Markov alternatives&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;10.&lt;/b&gt; Find out what scientist the Sabres used to build Tyler Myers and have him build one for us. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;9.&lt;/b&gt; Somehow combine Yannick Weber, Alex Picard, Alex Henry and Mathieu Carle into one person. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;8.&lt;/b&gt; Look up Marc Andre Bergeron’s number so they know which numbers not to push when using the phone.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;7.&lt;/b&gt; Trade for O’Byrne. I’m sure we have some 18 year old prospect to give up somewhere. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;6.&lt;/b&gt; If they could ‘rebuild’ the 6 Million Dollar Man because ‘they had the technology’ then why can’t we do it too? &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;5.&lt;/b&gt; Call up Carolina and commission Eric Staal to play for us until Markov gets healthy. He owes us. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;4.&lt;/b&gt; Just dress 5 defensemen, Carey Price will bail us out of it somehow. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;3.&lt;/b&gt; Clone P.K. Subban. Actually they should have done that at the beginning of the season.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2.&lt;/b&gt; Get Pierre Gauthier in equipment. It’s high time he started earning his pay. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1. &lt;/b&gt;Get one of those Deloreans, crank it to 88 and try to prevent this whole thing from ever happening.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-8328324112236805821?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/8328324112236805821/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/11/tweet-ten-10.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/8328324112236805821'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/8328324112236805821'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/11/tweet-ten-10.html' title='Tweet Ten 10!'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-3018344086010136203</id><published>2010-11-16T18:05:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-16T19:58:28.814-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Things Carey Price Has Learned While Playing 15 Out Of 16 Games</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;A lot can change from season to season eh?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;I’m not going to go over what the Habs have done in the past 5-6 months to get to where they are now…but the major aspect that has re-tooled this team was the Jaroslav Halak trade.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The subject has been beat to death, but the way I see it is…while we lost Jaroslav Halak, we gained Ian Schultz, Lars Eller, Tomas Plekanec…and of course the renewed and refreshed Carey Price.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;He pretty much had a year off last season so maybe that’s why he’s so well rested these days. I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and go with ‘confidence and natural talent’ as the reasons that he’s carrying a good chunk of this Hockey team. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Last season I did a piece that went over the ‘Things Carey Price has Learned/Noticed While Riding The Bench. You can find it here :&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010_04_01_archive.html"&gt;http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010_04_01_archive.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Now that he’s dominating crease time, I think it’s only fair to revisit the subject from the opposite point of view. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Here are the Things Carey Price Has Learned/Noticed While Playing 15 Out Of 16 Games.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;-Josh Gorges has a great ass. Hal Gill needs to tighten his up a bit. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;-Whenever someone scores on me a big red light goes on. It’s like God is letting everyone know that I messed up. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;-The pre-game intro really puts a damper on the fact that we’re trying to NOT tell everyone that we’re superheroes. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;-When you look at him from 200 feet away, Zdeno Chara kind of looks like a human being and not like 3 people standing on top of each other...who is also ugly as hell.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;-TV time outs are a great time to vote for myself for first star!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;-You can easily substitute your water for any clear liquid and everyone will still think its water! I drank Diet Cream Soda against the Canucks and Miso Soup against the Hurricanes!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;-There’s a dude with season tickets who sits right behind the net that looks exactly like my Dentist….that would explain the ‘Carey I’m your Dentist’ sign he keeps bringing. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;-Between whistles I always think of witty things to say that are coincidentally 140 characters or less. I wish there was a free forum in which to express these thoughts to the world. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;-What happened to the Hostess from 2 years ago? She was awesome. What job is better than hosting 2 minute long game shows for mediocre prizes? Also, why can’t they just hire a full time host? It’s never the same person twice. The fans need consistency.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;-That ‘crush your head’ thing from Kids In The Hall pisses the crap out of opposing team’s goalies. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;-I don’t understand why the fans chant ‘REY-CA’ whenever I do something positive. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;-Halak carved his name on the inside of the right post. With some editing it now reads ‘Boom ShaHalaka’.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;-Contrary to what everyone says about me, P.K. Subban is as close to Jesus as the Habs are going to get. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;-Jeff Halpern looks exactly like Mike Komisarek.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;-What happened to the young Travis Moen and Tommy Pyatt from the pre-game video? They were totally awesome then…&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;-The PhD line has a degree from McGill, Princeton, and a 4&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; overall draft pick on it. I wonder if McGill and Princeton regret taking Darche and Halpern too. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;-On slow nights I like to play ‘The Social Network’ in my head but I sub myself in for the Winklevoss twins. Wouldn’t it be awesome if there were two of me?&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;-You don’t even know how bad Josh Gorges wants in on me and P.K’s post win handshake. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;-I let the Lightning win in OT. We got a point out of it and it gave Guy Boucher some solace in the fact that he has to hang out with Dan Ellis every day. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;-Remember that game I invented with Lapierre and Haiti? Well I invented a new one: Every time the fans don’t boo me I devote another year to the Canadiens franchise. Right now I’m locked up until 2026.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-3018344086010136203?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/3018344086010136203/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/11/things-carey-price-has-learned-while.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/3018344086010136203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/3018344086010136203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/11/things-carey-price-has-learned-while.html' title='Things Carey Price Has Learned While Playing 15 Out Of 16 Games'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-7098312011656720113</id><published>2010-11-10T22:37:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-10T22:40:28.708-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tweet Ten 9!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;Tweet Ten Scott Gomez excuses. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;10.&lt;/b&gt; They don’t pay me enough to try. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;9.&lt;/b&gt; Gionta, Pouliot, Moen, Pyatt, Eller, Lapierre, Darche and Halpern are all bringing me down. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;8.&lt;/b&gt; I won the Calder Trophy and a Stanley cup in my rookie year…I think I’ve deserved a few years off!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;7. &lt;/b&gt;I’ve been up late reading Sarah Palin’s book for the 7&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; time. She’s my idol. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;6. &lt;/b&gt;I’m pretty sure Saku Koivu cursed the number 11. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;5.&lt;/b&gt; I’m still devastated that I can’t see Russia from my house anymore. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;4.&lt;/b&gt; I know that the fans loved Kovalev, I’m just doing what he did. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;3.&lt;/b&gt; I only play well against teams with other Alaskans on them. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2. &lt;/b&gt;I always have a terrible October and November, I’m just keeping up with tradition. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1.&lt;/b&gt; I have a bet with P.K. Subban; no matter how bad I play no GM is going to be willing to trade for my contract…again. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-7098312011656720113?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/7098312011656720113/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/11/tweet-ten-9.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/7098312011656720113'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/7098312011656720113'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/11/tweet-ten-9.html' title='Tweet Ten 9!'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-7567558054513087481</id><published>2010-11-04T13:50:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-11-04T14:06:29.129-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Habs Sing</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Narrator:&lt;/b&gt; We’re sorry to interrupt your regularly scheduled programming, we will return you to *insert sitcom/drama/comedy/Hockey Game/Leafs Game/witty political comedy show here* in just a moment but we just wanted to take the time to extend this INCREDIBLE OFFER to you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Have you ever wondered to yourself ‘Man, I wish I had a CD with songs sung by my favorite Hockey team’? If your answer was yes then HAVE WE GOT THE OFFER FOR YOU! If your answer was no then I would seriously consider watching this infomercial and giving us your money anyways!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Bell and Molson corporations have teamed up to create: ‘The Habs Sing’, a bona-fide cornucopia of songs sung by your favorite Montreal Canadiens!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In this 3 disc set you get a mélange of 62 songs sung by your heroes who wear the Bleu Blanc et Rouge!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Like altered lyrics? This CD set is full of them! Order now, before even hearing any of the songs to get your hands on this once in a lifetime collection!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Have you ordered? GREAT! Now here’s a sample of what you’ve just purchased while you wait the 6-8 months it takes for the set to arrive at your house due to the shoddy and unprofessional delivery service we hired to save money!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Like Disco? We don’t either…but who can resist boogie-ing down to this fiiine interpretation of &lt;b&gt;Gloria Gaynor’s ‘I will Survive’&lt;/b&gt; sung by third liner (at best) pest Maxime Lapierre!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Maxime Lapierre:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;First Hi was hafraid, Hi was petrified,&lt;br /&gt;Kept thinking Hi could never live without Gui by my side,&lt;br /&gt;But then I spend so many nights with the new frenchy Mathieu Darche,&lt;br /&gt;Hand hi grew strong, Hi convinced them Hi belong,&lt;br /&gt;But Hi do not, I dive for fun,&lt;br /&gt;Hand hi ham the biggest rat out of hanyone,&lt;br /&gt;You should have traded me like Gui but Hi know I that Hi Ham good for on thiiiiing,&lt;br /&gt;And that’s not fightiiiiing, not fightiiiiiiiiiiiing HEY HEY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Narrator:&lt;/b&gt; Classic, what a voice on that kid. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Let me ask you something, what comes to mind when I say the words Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwiches? If you thought the same as me and two bunnies wrestling came to mind then I would seriously think about consulting a Psychiatrist. If you’ve read these pre-approved cue cards that are right in front of me then it should remind you of Elvis! You know who loves Elvis? Mike Cammalleri, here’s good ole Mike singing and interpretation of his favorite &lt;b&gt;Elvis tune ‘Hound Dog’!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mike Cammalleri: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You ain’t nothin but a roo-kieee,&lt;br /&gt;Cryin’ all the time.&lt;br /&gt;You ain’t nothin’ but a rooo-kieeee,&lt;br /&gt;Cryin’ all the time.&lt;br /&gt;Welllll you can’t take a slash and your name is hard to rhyme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Narrator:&lt;/b&gt; Oh baby that was something! You know, one of my favorite styles of music is rap. No, seriously! Coincidentally, Hal Gill loves rap too! Check him out in his interpretation of &lt;b&gt;Eminem’s ‘Lose Yourself’&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hal Gill:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;You betta LOSE YOURSELF in the D-zone, the for-ward is comin and he’s way better than you!&lt;br /&gt;You only got one shot! Do not miss your awkward lunge or else he will use you like a pylon YOU BETTA!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Narrator:&lt;/b&gt; I am down with that! I know what you’re thinking: ‘Where is the Country song on this album?’ Yes, I am a mind reader, don’t tell the government! Your wait for a Country song is over as Country fanatic Carey Price takes his hand at &lt;b&gt;Johnny Cash’s classic ‘Ring Of Fire’&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Carey Price:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My 5 hole was as big as a tire’s, many lost faith in me even Pierre Mcguire,&lt;br /&gt;But it was Halaaaaak that got fired, that got fired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Narrator:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hoooo doggy!! Now, how much would you think we would charge for such a cd set? $500? Wow…that’s pretty close! We can offer you this incredible collection for the very high price of $250 plus shipping handling and purchase fee of $200. What a bargain! Call now and receive the bonus of receiving it sooner than you would have had you called later! What a deal!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;What’s that you say? You want more?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;OK!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here is Andrei Kostitsyn singing a song about butts by those dudes from the 90s!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Andrei Kostitsyn:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I like bieg Butt, cannot lie.&lt;br /&gt;Where is money?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Narrator:&lt;/b&gt; And here is P.K. Subban singing the &lt;b&gt;Backstreet Boys!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;P.K. Subban:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I don't care who you are,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Where you're from,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;What you did,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;As long as you love meeee&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Narrator:&lt;/b&gt; The kid’s got moxie! Didn't change a single word!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Don’t touch that dial, because you don’t want to miss the next snippet from our incredible collection, Roman Hamrlik singing &lt;b&gt;MC Hammer&lt;/b&gt;! Get it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Roman Hamrlik:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Doo do do do, do do, do do&lt;br /&gt;Can’t touch this.&lt;br /&gt;Doo do do do, do do, do do&lt;br /&gt;Can’t touch this.&lt;br /&gt;Doo do do do, do do, do do&lt;br /&gt;STOP.&lt;br /&gt;Hammertime.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It’s times like these when I wish I had a tradeable contract.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Narrator:&lt;/b&gt; I’m sure you’re not alone Roman! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Had enough? Too bad because we still have more time to kill in our commercial spot! Have fun listening to the incomparable duo of Scott Gomez and Brian Gionta sing another classic Duo’s hit; &lt;b&gt;Sonny and Cher’s ‘I Got You Babe’ &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; They say I’m short, but when you’re around, I play like a giant the fans they just can’t frown.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; I’m from Alaska, I know that’s weird but when I’m with you I barely have any fearrrrs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Together:&lt;/b&gt; Babe…..I got you Babe…..I got you Babe…..I got you Babe…..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; We played in Jersey and we won a cup, but the following year you left me because you cleaned up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez: &lt;/b&gt;Oh yea that’s true I am a wealthy man, but don’t be afraid I’m still your number one fan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Together:&lt;/b&gt; Babe….I got you babe…I got you Babe….I got youuuuu Baaaaaaabe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Narrator: &lt;/b&gt;Charming. Charming. We know the Holidays are right around the corner so we made sure to include some of your favorite Holiday classics! Here is Tomas Plekanec singing the famous Christmas song;&lt;b&gt; Jingle Bells! &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tomas Plekanec: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I was a little girl,&lt;br /&gt;But now I am a man,&lt;br /&gt;I have a big new contract,&lt;br /&gt;That was the master plan,&lt;br /&gt;I can play Hockey,&lt;br /&gt;Really really well,&lt;br /&gt;Annnnd that is why,&lt;br /&gt;Halak said farewell!&lt;br /&gt;OHHHH Turtle-necks Turtle-necks are what I like to wear,&lt;br /&gt;Oh what fun it is to play for a man with terrible haaaiiiirrr!&lt;br /&gt;Turtle-necks Turtle-necks they look so good on me,&lt;br /&gt;I hope that we win a Stanley cup or I want out; just like Gui!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Narrator:&lt;/b&gt; So touching…don’t think we forgot about youl Jewish viewers, here is real life Jew Jeff Halpern singing the classic Hanukkah song; Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jeff Halpern:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I guess that you can sayyyy, that I’m a journeyman,&lt;br /&gt;But have you seen my face-offfffs? You’ll be my biggest fan!&lt;br /&gt;Ohhh Face-offs Face-offs Face-offs I’m the best and I ain’t lyin.&lt;br /&gt;And just because I’m Jewish I don’t know your cousin Chaim.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Narrator:&lt;/b&gt; And How!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well friends, that’s all we have time for here in this paid advertisement. If you want to order this CD call the number on your screen or visit our website www.thehabssingsongsbyotherpeople.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Note: Not an actual website, it just looks cool!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Call now!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i&gt;TheHabSingisaregisteredtrademarkofTheMontrealCanadiensHockeyCluband&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i&gt;HabsLaughsanyattempttocopystealorusethisinanywaywithoutcredit&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;willbe&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;i&gt;frowneduponbytpeopleontheinternet.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-7567558054513087481?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/7567558054513087481/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/11/habs-sing.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/7567558054513087481'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/7567558054513087481'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/11/habs-sing.html' title='The Habs Sing'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-8039526983935638868</id><published>2010-11-03T00:29:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-11-03T00:31:38.055-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Tweet Ten 8!</title><content type='html'>I know the Blog has become dominated by the Tweet Tens...but I'll have a d new post up tomorrow night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tweet Ten Habs November Predictions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;10.&lt;/span&gt; Lars Eller will score his first goal as a Hab but it will get waived off because apparently you can’t pick up the puck and throw it in the net. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;9.&lt;/span&gt; P.K. Subban will also score his first goal as a hab, against the Leafs, in overtime…P.K. is that legit. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;8.&lt;/span&gt; 60% of Montrealers will shave their heads due to a new Habs marketing campaign asking fans “Are you as bald as Auld?”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;7.&lt;/span&gt; Pierre Gauthier will go crazy after finding out that Anaheim would not accept the Andrei Kostitsyn for Ryan Getzlaf deal he proposed when it worked perfectly for him when he was playing NHL 11 last night. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;6.&lt;/span&gt; Mike Cammalleri will get suspended for accidentally punching an opponent in the face during his routine fist pump goal celebration. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;5.&lt;/span&gt; When the Predators come to Montreal, the Kostitsyn brothers will switch teams and wait for someone to notice their hilarious prank. Nobody will. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;4.&lt;/span&gt; Daniel Carcillo will make the Refs invent a new penalty when he plays the Habs on the 16th because as far as they can remember nobody has ever tried to pull out somebody’s teeth during play. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;3.&lt;/span&gt; After weeks of torment, Dustin Boyd will finally legally change his name to Justin. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;2.&lt;/span&gt; Carey Price will score a goal, probably on Martin Brodeur and the Habs don’t even play the Devils.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;1.&lt;/span&gt; Bell will release a new app for the Backberry and IPhone, fans will be able to vote for Brian Gionta and Scott Gomez’s left winger.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-8039526983935638868?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/8039526983935638868/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/11/tweet-ten-8.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/8039526983935638868'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/8039526983935638868'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/11/tweet-ten-8.html' title='Tweet Ten 8!'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-6301058383118902488</id><published>2010-10-27T14:55:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-27T17:39:44.866-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Tweet Ten 7!</title><content type='html'>With the Phoenix Coyotes in town on Monday night Paul Bissonnette, a well known grinder on the Yotes, came to town and brought his awesome twitter account with him. He didn't tweet much while he was here...but I hear they don't allow phones in Chez Paree.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have twitter and don't follow him...do so immediately. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He was a healthy scratch during the game and he needed to keep himself busy. Fortunately for this blog, I was at the game and witnessed everything he did to keep himself busy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tweet Ten things Paul Bissonnette AKA BizNasty2point0 did during the Habs game last night. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10.&lt;/strong&gt; During the first period he challenged fellow healthy scratches Dustin Boyd and Ryan O’Byrne to a Hot Dog eating contest. He won. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;9. &lt;/strong&gt;Somehow managed to get into the Youppi suit for the third period, almost got the real guy fired when he cheered for the Coyotes second goal. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;8. &lt;/strong&gt;Snuck into the RDS broadcasting booth and gave Benoit Brunet ‘Bunny Ears’ during their 3 second TV spot. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7.&lt;/strong&gt; Barged into Pierre Gauthier’s suite, pinned him up against the wall and demanded why they don’t serve poutine at the Bell Centre. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6.&lt;/strong&gt; Realizing that they share a number he thought it would be funny if he crossed off Dickie Moore and Yvan Cournoyer’s names on their retirement banners and replaced them with his own. Nobody laughed. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5.&lt;/strong&gt; Tried to hijack a Zamboni but then realized he didn't know how to drive stick. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4.&lt;/strong&gt; As a practical joke he put Hockey tape on the bottom of Hal Gill’s skates.  Jokes on him though as it made little to no difference. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3.&lt;/strong&gt; Spray painted ‘Paul Was Here’ in every single bathroom stall. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2.&lt;/strong&gt; Passed by Bob Gainey in the hallway then tweeted 17 times about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1.&lt;/strong&gt; Kept asking reporters who ‘Gary’ is and why the fans keep chanting his name.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-6301058383118902488?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/6301058383118902488/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/10/tweet-ten-7.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/6301058383118902488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/6301058383118902488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/10/tweet-ten-7.html' title='Tweet Ten 7!'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-5335009416997266819</id><published>2010-10-21T18:24:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-21T18:39:15.888-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Who Wants To Be A First Liner-The Sequel</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;A while back I wrote a piece called 'Who Wants To Be A First Liner'.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;It was about Mike Cammalleri and Tomas Plekanec holding an American Idol type competition to find a replacement for the third Andrei Kostitsyn. You can read the full piece here: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/01/who-wants-to-be-first-liner.html"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/01/who-wants-to-be-first-liner.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Now that Giomez is an established duo on the Habs Jacques Martin has been struggling to find a replacement. This of course inspired me to write up a sequel to my second blog post ever.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;The scene opens in the Montreal Canadiens dressing room in the Bell Centre. The scene is eerily familiar, the dressing room is empty save for a table with two chairs behind it set up in the middle of the room. As you read this you probably think that you’ve read something like this before...well you have...this is its sequel.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;A tall man with slicked back hair enters the room and stands in front of the table. He smiles and clears his through before speaking. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Joelle Bouchard:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt; Bonjour! Hi ham Joelle Bouchard hand hi ham your ‘ost for dis evening!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Yes he said exactly that the first time around. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Joel Bouchard:&lt;/b&gt; Bienvenue au WHO WANTS TO BE A FIRST LINER!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;i&gt;That too.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Joel Bouchard:&lt;/b&gt; Part Deux!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Not that part though. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Joel Bouchard:&lt;/b&gt; Has you all know, Benoit Pouliot is terrible...so Jacques Martin has left it up to Brian Gionta et Scott Gomez to ‘old hauditions for their left winger! The contestants will come in one by one et they will pitch their case has to why they should be a first liner!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Ét maintenant, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: normal; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Accueillons your &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;judges pour ce soir....BRIAN GIONTA ET SCOTT GOMEZ!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The bridge from Coldplay’s fix you plays as Brian Gionta and Scott Gomez walk into the room and sit down at the table.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Joelle Bouchard:&lt;/b&gt; Bienvenue judges, har you ready to choose your new winger?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; Yes we are, send in the first one.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;i&gt;In walks Dustin Boyd.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; Name please.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dustin Boyd:&lt;/b&gt; Dustin Boyd.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; Welcome Justin!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dustin Boyd:&lt;/b&gt; Uh...it’s Dustin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; Right...Justin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dustin Boyd:&lt;/b&gt; No, Dustin, Duhh.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; Right, Justin...Juhhh.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dustin Boyd:&lt;/b&gt; Dustin Boyd.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta: &lt;/b&gt;Justin Boyd.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jus...Dustin Boyd:&lt;/b&gt; DUSTIN Boyd!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; Let’s agree to disagree. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez: &lt;/b&gt;So Justin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dustin Boyd:&lt;/b&gt; DUSTIN!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; Whatever. Why should you be our new line mate?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dustin Boyd:&lt;/b&gt; Well ever since I was a young boy growing up in Winnipeg I always dreamed of being on the first line of an NHL team. I played with Iginla in Calgary...but that was like a revolving door and my parents, friends and coaches keep telling me that it doesn’t count. When I was on Nashville I got some good minutes but nothing like a first liner. Ever since I got traded for Sergei Kostysy-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez: &lt;/b&gt;Wait...You got traded for Sergei?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dustin Boyd:&lt;/b&gt; Yeah me and Dan Ellis for Sergei.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez: &lt;/b&gt;Who’s Dan Ellis?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; I have no idea. Is he the guy that invented Ellis Island?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; Oh yeah...nice one! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dustin Boyd:&lt;/b&gt; He’s a goalie...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; Regardless of who he is...what you’re saying to us right now is that you are player that Pierre Gauthier got for Sergei Kostitsyn? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dustin Boyd:&lt;/b&gt; Yes but..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; Well Brian, you gotta think that that increases his chances immensely.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; One would come to that conclusion yes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dustin Boyd:&lt;/b&gt; I have other-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; It’s ok that’s all we need. We’ll let you know.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta: &lt;/b&gt;Thanks for coming in Justin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dustin Boyd: &lt;/b&gt;it’s Du....nevermind...you’re welcome.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;i&gt;He exits the room.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; You know his name is Dustin right.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta: &lt;/b&gt;Who’s Dustin?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;i&gt;In walks Tom Pyatt.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; Umm hey we didn’t say ‘next.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta: &lt;/b&gt;Didn’t say ‘next’&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tom Pyatt:&lt;/b&gt; What? I’m already in here....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta: &lt;/b&gt;Yeah but we really have to say ‘next’ for the next contestant to be able to walk in.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; Look we don’t care...but the network insists that we do it that way.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tom Pyatt:&lt;/b&gt; What network?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; Um, a little network called STFU, bitch! Now go outside, wait for us to say ‘next’ and then come in!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pyatt leaves the room.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; My god!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta: &lt;/b&gt;So unprofessional. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; NEXT!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Tom Pyatt walks into the room.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; Name please.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tom Pyatt: &lt;/b&gt;Tom Pyatt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; Hey I know you...we were on the same flight together from JFK right?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tom Pyatt: &lt;/b&gt;Yeah...we play-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; No way!! Dude you need to tell me how ‘Analyze This’ ended I passed out halfway through...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; Maybe later Scott...?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; Fine...so what were you doing on that flight? You play for the Habs now? So weird.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tom Pyatt: &lt;/b&gt;We were involved in the same trade...we used to play on the Rangers together.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt;....really?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tom Pyatt:&lt;/b&gt; Yeah...you used to call me “Pyatt Riot” because if kind of rhymes...you also put superglue on my sticks during games like 5 times.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; That does sound like me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; I’m all for this lovely reunion, but I have tickets to see Jewel tonight and I am not missing it so can we get on with this?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tom Pyatt: &lt;/b&gt;Well, There’s not much to say...I work hard, I have a nose for the net and I’m a really fast skater. I can go into the dirty areas and free up space in the offensive zone to open up passing lanes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; That sounds really cool but I have no idea what you’re talking about. You sound like Pierre McGuire.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; Without the Russian accent.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Brian Gionta and Tom Pyatt stare at Scott Gomez.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Brian Gionta: Wha?—Actually...I’m not getting into that.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tom Pyatt:&lt;/b&gt; I just think I would be a great fit with you guys. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez: &lt;/b&gt;Yeah well so would Jennifer Anniston but you don’t see her begging!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; We’ll be in touch.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Tom Pyatt leaves the room.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; NEXT!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;In walks Guillaume Latendresse.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; Umm...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; ZOMBIE!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; He’s not dead...we traded him.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez: &lt;/b&gt;Oh...Jesus that scared the crap out of me. I just thought he died because after he got traded it’s as if he dropped off the face of the earth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Guillaume Latendresse:&lt;/b&gt; That’s why I’m here. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; Go on...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Guillaume Latendresse: &lt;/b&gt;Hever since I got traded nobody cares about me. I scored over 25 goals after I left and nobody cares. They say Minnesota is a good Hockey state but when I go to T.G.I.Fridays nobody recognizes me! I miss Montréal! I miss being stopped every thirty seconds for an autograph! I miss being stopped every 15 seconds by a hooker who wants to have sex with me! I miss it! Please take me back! PLEASE!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; I don’t think we have the power to do that.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; We don’t, but I know who does.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Guillaume Latendresse:&lt;/b&gt; Who? Please tell me!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; His name is Get the hell out of here before I call the cops. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Guillaume Latendresse:&lt;/b&gt; Awwww.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;i&gt;He leaves, dejected. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; That’s an odd name.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; You probably rank pretty high on the dumbest millionaires list eh?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; 7 last time I checked. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; NEXT!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Lars Eller walks into the room&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; Well now....this is interesting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; Yeah...I never thought of him before.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lars Eller:&lt;/b&gt; Hey guys.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; Lars Eller. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt;  Lars Eller.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta: &lt;/b&gt;Good passer, young kid.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; Rookie...could mirror my Calder year if he plays with us.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta: &lt;/b&gt;Big body, could make it easier for us out there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; Plus he looks like an albino...so I look super hot by comparison.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; I think this could work...Lars what do you think?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lars Eller: &lt;/b&gt;Well you know...I’m Danish...not a lot of good Hockey players come from Denmark so this would be a great opportunity for me. It would also prove to the fans and the media that they got something good for Halak.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; Right...right...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; Are you saying you brought Danish? If so you should share with everyone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lars Eller:&lt;/b&gt;...I....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Just then someone bashes down the door from the outside, it falls completely off its hinges.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/b&gt; That was way easier than I thought it would be. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta: &lt;/b&gt;What’s going on here, we’re filming a TV show!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/b&gt; I don’t see any cameras Brian! This interview is over!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; Hot damn...there are no cameras! We’ve been hosed!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Martin grabs Eller by the wrist and begins to drag him out of the room.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; What are you doing? He’d be a perfect fit!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/b&gt; You leave the coaching to me Brian, I don’t come to where you work and tell you what to do.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; Actually that’s all you do. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/b&gt; Shut up! Eller is not playing on the first line! You’re playing with Pouliot, or whoever’s name I pull out of the hat next ok!?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; That makes little to no sense but I’m going to go with it because you’re wearing a suit and that impresses me. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jacques Martin leaves the room with Eller in tow.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/b&gt; Well, that’s it...I guess we’ll keep playing with the plugers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez: &lt;/b&gt;Goodbye Everybody!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta: &lt;/b&gt;Who are you talking to? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/b&gt; I don’t know Brian...I don’t know. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-5335009416997266819?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/5335009416997266819/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/10/who-wants-to-be-first-liner-sequel.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/5335009416997266819'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/5335009416997266819'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/10/who-wants-to-be-first-liner-sequel.html' title='Who Wants To Be A First Liner-The Sequel'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-7821268321693558669</id><published>2010-10-20T00:37:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-20T00:39:16.221-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Tweet Ten 6!</title><content type='html'>This weeks Tweet Ten is so topical it's practically that 'Head On' stuff with those really annoying commercials.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;If you don't know what this topic about...click the following link:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="islanders.nhl.com"&gt;islanders.nhl.com &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now that you've stopped laughing...start laughing again.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tween Ten Reasons the Islanders Hate the Habs.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;10. They’re still bitter about the fact that Louis Leblanc got more fan and media attention than John Tavares did at the ‘09 Draft. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;9. They hate not being able to turn right on a red light.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;8. Lars Eller is a better Dane than Frans Nielsen and the Islanders know it. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;7. They’re incredibly jealous that they have to wait over 50 years to throw a Centennial Celebration. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;6. They’re still waiting for something more than a fruit basket from Mike Cammalleri for slashing Nino Niedereiter. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;5. All Mike Bossy, who is from Montreal, ever did for them was win 4 cups in a row. They resent him till this day. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;4. Every time Charles Wang calls the Habs office and identifies himself whoever answers the phone laughs for ten minutes.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;3. Pierre Gauthier still hasn’t accepted Garth Snow’s friend request on Facebook.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;2. They were totally about to sign Mike Cammalleri and Brian Gionta.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;1. All Mark Streit talks about is how better the food, nightlife, women and quality of living was back in Montreal. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-7821268321693558669?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/7821268321693558669/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/10/tweet-ten-6.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/7821268321693558669'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/7821268321693558669'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/10/tweet-ten-6.html' title='Tweet Ten 6!'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-8987524191612533251</id><published>2010-10-13T17:46:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2010-11-05T00:43:52.185-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comparing the Montreal Canadiens and the Tampa Bay Lightning</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;Well...the Habs home opener is here and I personally think that out of 29 teams they are playing against the worst possible team. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;Tampa is rejuvenated. New GM, new coach, new Dominc Moore…they have it all!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;A lot of people have been calling the Bolts the “Habs South”, I think that’s ridiculous. While there are a few similarities I have compared the two teams and have found that they are complete opposites.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&amp;quot;Georgia&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;color:black"&gt;Enjoy the home opener!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Comparing the Habs and the Bolts:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;One Team:&lt;/span&gt; Has a French Canadian superstar on a level of his own. He is face of the franchise and has carried the team on his back for years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Other Team:&lt;/span&gt; Has Vincent Lecavalier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;One Team:&lt;/span&gt; Sells out every home game, no matter the opponent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Other Team:&lt;/span&gt; Sells out every home game they play against the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;One Team:&lt;/span&gt; Finished at the bottom of the NHL several times and drafted key players to stabilize the future of their organization.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Other Team:&lt;/span&gt; Did the same thing, but drafted Andrei Kostitsyn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;One Team:&lt;/span&gt; Has a fanbase that follows their team microscopically.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Other Team:&lt;/span&gt; Has a fanbase that is microscopic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;One Team:&lt;/span&gt; Has a state of the art training facility that caters to any and every need that the players might have.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Other Team:&lt;/span&gt; Has Guy Boucher, and that’s all they need.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;One Team:&lt;/span&gt; Has a new GM that acquired Dan Ellis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Other Team:&lt;/span&gt; Has a new GM that acquired Dan Ellis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;One Team: &lt;/span&gt;Has enough star French Canadiens to field a top line.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Other Team:&lt;/span&gt; Is really super jealous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;One Team:&lt;/span&gt; Benefits from intense media attention so fans know everything that is going on behind the scenes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Other Team:&lt;/span&gt; Benefits from having no media attention at all which is a good thing because they’ve been pretty bad the past few years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;One Team:&lt;/span&gt; Has a goalie that is under heavy scrutiny from his entire media and fanbase…but don’t worry, he can take it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Other Team:&lt;/span&gt; Has a goalie that had twitter but for some reason doesn’t have it anymore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;One Team:&lt;/span&gt; Has a young purebred defenseman with size, skill and intensity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Other Team:&lt;/span&gt; Has the same thing…but he’s better by default because he plays in Montreal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;One Team:&lt;/span&gt; Drafted Roman Hamrlik 1st overall, who is facing his former team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Other Team:&lt;/span&gt; Traded a 2nd Round pick for Dominic Moore, who is facing his former team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;One Team:&lt;/span&gt; Uses the phrase “All In” as their team’s motto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Other Team:&lt;/span&gt; Thinks that the slogan is really ironic considering who their head coach used to be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;One Team:&lt;/span&gt; Has a rookie NHL coach, but he knows his shit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Other Team:&lt;/span&gt; Has a veteran NHL coach, he’s shit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;One Team:&lt;/span&gt; Had a tough guy but he left via free agency.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Other Team:&lt;/span&gt; Had a tough guy but he is currently a Figure Skater.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-8987524191612533251?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/8987524191612533251/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/10/comparing-montreal-canadiens-and-tampa.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/8987524191612533251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/8987524191612533251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/10/comparing-montreal-canadiens-and-tampa.html' title='Comparing the Montreal Canadiens and the Tampa Bay Lightning'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-6218109860398452737</id><published>2010-10-13T11:07:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-13T11:08:18.107-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Tweet Ten 5!</title><content type='html'>In case you missed it, here is last night's Tweet Ten!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tweet Ten signs you don’t play in a Hockey market.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. Eklund keeps saying that your team’s fans are among the best in the league and are incredibly underrated. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9. You look forward to playing in Columbus because their fans are so awesome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. You make the playoffs, but the Diamondbacks spring training gets a bigger turnout. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. You play golf during the regular season&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Your fans have never seen snow and are skeptical if it even exists at all. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Your arena sells out for a Justin Bieber concert in 5 minutes but your home games barely draw 5,000 people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Your 3rd line center marrying a country music star is bigger news than your team’s &lt;br /&gt;blockbuster trade at the deadline. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Gary Bettman does everything in his power to make sure your franchise never moves. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. The draft is in your city this year, but for some reason people show up wearing &lt;br /&gt;Army Fatigues.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Your home opener is the Buccaneers half time show.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-6218109860398452737?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/6218109860398452737/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/10/tweet-ten-5.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/6218109860398452737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/6218109860398452737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/10/tweet-ten-5.html' title='Tweet Ten 5!'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-3088483269946368307</id><published>2010-10-06T21:38:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-06T21:40:10.566-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Tweet Ten 4!</title><content type='html'>Dedicated to Mike Cammalleri and probably Colby Armstrong, Mike Komisarek, Dion Phaneuf and the charmer Colton Orr.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tweet Ten signs you’re getting suspended&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. Sean Avery calls you to congratulate you on the awesome hit you delivered during your game. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9. The rookie you just slashed is the Commissioner’s nephew. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. Your team just made an emergency call-up, but your coach won’t tell you what the emergency is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. Every fan of the team you play for insists that you’re not getting suspended.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. You accidentally brushed by Sidney Crosby during your last shift.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. You and your team were involved in a bench clearing brawl, but you weren’t dressed for the game. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Brian Burke called you ‘Truculent’ in a post-game interview. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. After a hit, Habs fans stopped booing Carey Price and started booing you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. It’s October, but reporters keep asking you how you think you’ll be able to help in the team’s playoff run.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. You just came to in the penalty box. You don’t remember how you got there but for some reason the opposing team’s mascot is giving you the finger.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-3088483269946368307?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/3088483269946368307/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/10/tweet-ten-4.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/3088483269946368307'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/3088483269946368307'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/10/tweet-ten-4.html' title='Tweet Ten 4!'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-2364985931264178175</id><published>2010-10-05T16:36:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-05T21:03:38.322-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Season Preview</title><content type='html'>Well the season is starting two days and what would any respectable Habs blog be without a season preview? I know my blog is not respectable, but let's pretend for the sake of appearances....also my In-Laws are coming in from out of town and I need to look good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Experts are predicting a high and low season for the Habs. The general consensus is that we will finish in 8th place. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I beg to differ. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think we'll finish anywhere between 6th and 8th. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Boom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have an interesting roster with a lot of 'ifs'. Here is my expert roster breakdown previewing several key players for the 2010-2011 season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Season Preview&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Benoit Pouliot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Good:&lt;/span&gt; He will always be viewed as a better player than Latendresse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Bad:&lt;/span&gt; He’s not better than Latendresse. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Habs Laughs Fearless Prediction:&lt;/span&gt; Will change his last name because he hates being called a chicken. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Andrei Kostitsyn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Good:&lt;/span&gt; With his brother gone he doesn’t have to split the cut from the mob anymore. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Bad:&lt;/span&gt; Not a good thing when your IQ is the same as your jersey number.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Habs Laughs Fearless Prediction:&lt;/span&gt; Will have a ‘Burrows’ season and rack up the points because he’s playing next to Cammalleri and Plekanec.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Good:&lt;/span&gt; Is a pretty level headed guy; doesn’t let rookies get to him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Bad:&lt;/span&gt; Hates ankles. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Habs Laughs Fearless Prediction:&lt;/span&gt; Will not score against the Toronto Maple Leafs until November 20th.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Andrei Markov&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Good:&lt;/span&gt; Became a Canadian citizen over the summer. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Bad:&lt;/span&gt;  His eyes are closed in his passport picture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Habs Laughs Fearless Prediction:&lt;/span&gt; Will be one of the NHL’s best defensemen according to the experts, but will not get a Norris nomination for the 9th consecutive year. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Carey Price&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Good:&lt;/span&gt; Ready to do whatever it takes to prove the experts and fans wrong. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Bad:&lt;/span&gt; Crippling fear of small rubber disks. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Habs Laughs Fearless Prediction:&lt;/span&gt; Vezina Trophy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jaroslav Spacek&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Good:&lt;/span&gt; Started taking baby Aspirin to help prevent Heart Attacks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Bad:&lt;/span&gt; It’s really hard to skate with ‘Depends’ on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Habs Laughs Fearless Prediction:&lt;/span&gt; By the end of the season, his visor will cover his entire face. He’ll never wear a cage though…that’s for pussies. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Alex Auld &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Good:&lt;/span&gt; Media and fanbase have zero expectations for him coming into this season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Bad:&lt;/span&gt; He’s terrible. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Habs Laughs Fearless Prediction:&lt;/span&gt; Will start against the New York Islanders at least once.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brian Gionta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Good:&lt;/span&gt; Fancy new C on his jersey.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Bad:&lt;/span&gt; Will probably have to play with Pouliot for the majority of the season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Habs Laughs Fearless Prediction:&lt;/span&gt; Will miss all the games at the ACC because Brian Burke just implemented a ‘you must be *THIS* tall to play against us’ rule. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Scott Gomez&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Good:&lt;/span&gt; Rich as hell.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Bad:&lt;/span&gt; Will probably have to play with Pouliot for the majority of the season. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Habs Laughs Fearless Prediction:&lt;/span&gt; Will quit Hockey and become Sarah Palin’s running mate in 2012.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Lars Eller&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Good:&lt;/span&gt; Will get top 6 minutes as a result of management trying to justify the &lt;br /&gt;Halak trade. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Bad:&lt;/span&gt; Kind of Albino looking. A bit creepy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Habs Laughs Fearless Prediction:&lt;/span&gt; Will get traded in 2 years. Will score 40 goals for his new team. Probably Tampa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Maxim Lapierre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Good:&lt;/span&gt; Nowhere to go but up after last season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Bad:&lt;/span&gt; Will probably go down. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Habs Laughs Fearless Prediction:&lt;/span&gt; Will score one nice goal every 20 games. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Josh Gorges&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Good:&lt;/span&gt; Living proof that Bob Gainey made at least one good trade.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Bad:&lt;/span&gt; His contract with the Devil only covers two more pucks to the head with no consequence. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Habs Laughs Fearless Prediction:&lt;/span&gt; Will be the first person ever to talk the ref out of giving him a penalty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Hal Gill&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Good:&lt;/span&gt; Won over the Fans after showing how useful he can be during the playoffs. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Bad:&lt;/span&gt; Upset at the fact that he was never able to do that before when he played for Toronto. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Habs Laughs Fearless Prediction:&lt;/span&gt; Will have the opportunity to hit someone, but won’t.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Ryan O’Byrne&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Good:&lt;/span&gt; Over 82 games without scoring on his own net!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Bad:&lt;/span&gt; He spent 73 of those 82 games in the press box.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Habs Laughs Fearless Prediction:&lt;/span&gt; Will get traded for a shorter, older defenseman. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Good:&lt;/span&gt; Is probably the Habs best all-around player.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Bad:&lt;/span&gt; Is probably the Habs best all-around player.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Habs Laughs Fearless Prediction:&lt;/span&gt; Will probably get hit by a bus. Habs fans have no luck.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;P.K. Subban&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Good:&lt;/span&gt; Has it all, a star in the making. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Bad:&lt;/span&gt; Racism: &lt;a href="http://thesocietypages.org/thickculture/files/2010/03/500x_subbanator-11-400x300.jpg"&gt;http://thesocietypages.org/thickculture/files/2010/03/500x_subbanator-11-400x300.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Habs Laughs Fearless Prediction:&lt;/span&gt; Calder, Norris, Hart trophies. In my NHL 11 dynasty.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-2364985931264178175?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/2364985931264178175/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/10/season-preview.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/2364985931264178175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/2364985931264178175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/10/season-preview.html' title='Season Preview'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-2959444509218752653</id><published>2010-09-30T12:27:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-30T12:36:00.478-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Challenge Accepted</title><content type='html'>A few days ago a Blogger by the name of Shmitzysays issued out an open challenge to the blogging community to select their top 12 forwards for this year’s Montreal Canadiens opening day roster. We’ve been staring at the pre-season for about two weeks now and all of us are extremely overqualified to make these selections by watching players from awkward camera angles and reading about them on the internet (where everything is super true and objective). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I for one know as much as the next guy/girl about Hockey and feel that I can put together a pretty good top 12. The catch is I don’t think Shmitzysays said I had to limit this to the current Habs squad, and if he did…well I just skimmed his blog anyways.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If playing the EA Sports NHL franchise has taught me anything it is that the salary cap is just a suggestion, every GM sucks but you, and the draft is useless; your players never develop and the only way to keep your team good is by trading and signing big name free agents (otherwise known as the Brian Burke method) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’m going to put together a forward corps that will be feared by the league by filling it with the best players in the league….according to Homer fans who can’t see past their own nose. The best players who are the best because ‘He has incredible vision and always gives the Puck to Ovechkin/Crosby/Kessel/Etc’ will be on this team. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obviously I’m going to have to get rid of several key Habs players…but they all suck anyway didn’t you know that?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So here we go. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New Season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salary Cap Off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CPU Reject Trades Off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Guide: PLAYER-REASON&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;You’re Cut:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scott Gomez- Too short, too ethnic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Cammalleri- Too short, last name too many syllables.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brian Gionta- Too short, way too short.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Andrei Kostitsyn- Too skilled, needs change of scenery to flourish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lars Eller- Name is Lars.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dustin Boyd, Ryan White, Tom Pyatt, Jeff Halpern, Travis Moen- Care about the sport, give 110% every night. Who does that anymore? So 90s. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;You’re Cool:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tomas Plekanec- New contract, can’t make the GM look fickle. Also down payment on Turtlenecks is non-refundable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Absolutely indispensable:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maxim Lapierre- Obvious reasons&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mathieu Darche- Obvious reasons&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Benoit Pouliot- Obvious reasons…kind of. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to the Habs: (use your imaginations)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phil Kessel- God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nazim Kadri- Jesus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kris Versteeg- Cup experience. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Burrows- Obvious reasons. Also He’s incredible and makes players like Daniel and &lt;br /&gt;Henrik Sedin score 100 points a season. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alex Kovalev- For some reason Habs fans love this guy. Would be awesome one night and terrible the next but would always plead his dedication to the team. Holy shit! Alex Kovalev is the Canadiens fan base personified!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sergei Kostitsyn- Team player. Possible captain?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mats Sundin- He owes us one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ruslan Fedotenko- Token player from European country that isn’t Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic, Slovakia or Russia. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So to put this in line form.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Line 1: Darche-Lapierre-Burrows&lt;br /&gt;Line 2: Kessel-Kadri-Versteeg&lt;br /&gt;Line 3: Pouliot-Sundin-Kovalev&lt;br /&gt;Line 4: Fedotenko-Plekanec-Kostitsyn&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ca sent la Coupe!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-2959444509218752653?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/2959444509218752653/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/09/challenge-accepted.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/2959444509218752653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/2959444509218752653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/09/challenge-accepted.html' title='Challenge Accepted'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-3380853460267863988</id><published>2010-09-29T14:47:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-29T14:49:09.188-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Tweet Ten 3</title><content type='html'>In case you missed it, here is the third installment of the Tweet Ten!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They're lame and corny...but that's the point.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the record, I'm a huge Carey Price fan...anything for a laugh/slight chuckle/shameful head shake right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Top Ten Corny Carey Price Pre-Season jokes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. Carey Price walks into a bar. The Bartender says 'what can I get you'. Price &lt;br /&gt;replies 'do you have any talent?'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9. Price asked a few teammates to shoot on him for practice. The session ended early when Price finally snapped and popped the beach ball that he kept letting in. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. Carey Price almost got hit by a car yesterday. He’s ok though, it went right through his legs. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. Why is Carey Price so good at riding bulls? Because he only has to work for 30 seconds a night. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. What’s the difference between Carey Price and a sieve? A sieve is useful. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5 How does Carey Price celebrate a win? I’ll let you know when it happens.. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. How do you know that Carey Price isn’t afraid of Ghosts? He’s completely unfazed by 21,000 ‘Boos’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. What do a bad fisherman and Carey Price’s glove hand have in common? They both can’t catch anything.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.  Knock Knock *Who’s there* Carey Price in five years. *Carey Price in 5 years who? * Exactly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. It’s so hot outside *how hot is it* It’s so hot that Carey Price wishes he still had fans.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-3380853460267863988?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/3380853460267863988/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/09/tweet-ten-3.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/3380853460267863988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/3380853460267863988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/09/tweet-ten-3.html' title='Tweet Ten 3'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-1092243890999189458</id><published>2010-09-28T11:25:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-28T11:30:24.703-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Guest piece for Habs Addicts</title><content type='html'>I was recently asked to write a guest piece for the website Habs Addicts as part of a he said/she said feature. Due to some complications the she said portion of the piece could not be posted, but my portion was. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is my 'he said' contribution for Habs Addicts; Addict Alley section called "Why are the Canadiens awesome?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Because they’re possessed by the ghosts of dead Canadiens, stupid.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With the Habs Frankenstein season behind us, our beloved Tricolore is beginning to look more and more like a real team by the day. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Experts say that a championship team is built through the draft, so it’s obvious that what Bob Gainey did during the Summer of 2009 was crazier than Milan Lucic on ‘ludes. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In case you forgot, all Bob Gainey did was do away with 10+ years of drafting, trading, and key free agent signing to collect a gang of short, old and overrated players (according to the experts)! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bob Gainey did something else that off-season, something unknown to him, the players and every single fan in the world except for me. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s a good thing you came to Habs Addicts today, it’s &lt;i&gt;also&lt;/i&gt; a good thing you clicked on the Addict Alley section, it’s &lt;i&gt;also&lt;/i&gt; a good thing you clicked on this very link because I am about to let you in on a chilling secret that I did not make up for the sake of this article. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bob Gainey broke Hockey rules. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can’t just sign free agents and trade for Scott Gomez and get away with it. You have to pay your dues, be really bad for 10 years like the Penguins and Blackhawks and &lt;i&gt;then&lt;/i&gt; you can go deep into the playoffs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When Bob Gainey overhauled the Habs he also unleashed a terrible curse on the team. The curse caused the ghosts trapped inside the Pepsi Forum—scared the crap out of the people eating at Guido and Angelina’s—to escape and possess several members of your current Montreal Canadiens team. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The curse backfired though, because it turns out that the Habs had some pretty good players in the past. I’m sure I can work in some kind of Spider-man gift/curse segue into the main part of the article but I do not have the writing talent to pull something like that off. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mike Cammalleri is possessed by Howie Morenz.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok, this one is too obvious. They look exactly alike:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Morenz: &lt;a href="http://www.hhof.com/graphFaceOff/bls_Morenz.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.hhof.com/graphFaceOff/bls_Morenz.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cammalleri: &lt;a href="http://www.globalmontreal.com/sports/2035572.bin?size=sw620nws" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.globalmontreal.com/sports/2035572.bin?size=sw620nws&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Look at the resemblance and tell me that the soul of Howie Morenz is not embedded within Mike Cammalleri. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can’t, because it is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Looks aside, Cammalleri and Morenz play a very similar game. They’re both fast, have keen on-ice vision, have a sick wrist shot, and love to fist pump after they score goals. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s also no coincidence that they have incredibly similar nicknames. Howie Morenz’s is ‘The Stratford Streak’—alluding to Morenz’s speed and the city where his roots are. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Cammalleri’s nickname is ‘The Thornhill Thunderbolt’ for the same reasons. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;EDITORS NOTE: That’s not his nickname.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s not? Well it should be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brian Gionta is possessed by Boom Boom Geoffrion&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did you know that Boom Boom was only 5’9? You do now sir/ma’am...you do now. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Source: my own editing of Wikipedia for the purpose of this article.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We all know that Brian Gionta is short. What he lacks in size he makes up for in heart, leadership, and testicular fortitude. If you look for those three words in the dictionary you will find Boom Boom’s picture next to them &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Side Note: Sami Salo is also there next to testicular fortitude.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brian Gionta plays big, much like Boom Boom did in his prime. These wee warriors cause headaches for their opponents and it is also really, really funny if you speed up the footage of them that you’re watching and play the theme song from Benny Hill. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ha! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Maxime Lapierre is possessed by Maurice Richard&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maxime Lapierre is French-Canadian ipso facto his soul was the only one that Richard could latch onto safely without pissing off the French media. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Rocket was an idol. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When Latendresse got traded, Lapierre became the idol by default.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is no doubt that the spirit of The Rocket is lodged within Maxim Lapierre. Lapierre is the best hockey player to ever play in the NHL. Lapierre skates like the wind, hits like a wrecking ball, and shoots like a high powered rifle. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lapierre is the voice of our generation; he is a symbol of light in an otherwise bleak and dreary world. He is the one ray of hope that the Canadiens have left at keeping their Quebecois identity alive. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Side Note: The previous paragraph was written by my guest contributor, Maxim Lapierre. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Carey Price is possessed by Bill Durnan&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I bet you thought I was going to say that Price was possessed by Jacques Plante.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where’s my money?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When Bill Durnan played for the Habs—the only team he played for professionally—he was lights out. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In his rookie year he was 38-5-7—the 7 is ties, for those who don’t remember Hockey before 2004.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That’s a scary record, as is a 208-112-62 lifetime stat. He’s a hall of famer and was depicted on one of Price’s centennial masks which of course is Hockey’s highest honor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bill Durnan retired at the age of 35 due to him not being able to handle the stress of playing in the NHL.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sound familiar?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, there you have it folks, undisputable evidence that several Canadiens are currently being possessed by the Ghosts of the Forum. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please don’t try to take matters into your own hands by trying to perform an exorcism if you run into any of the players on the street. Also, don’t call the Ghostbusters or any type of ghost related reality show on A&amp;amp;E. They will think you are crazy for believing that this article is in any way real. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Side Note: Ignore that last sentence, it’s just meant to cover Habs Addict’s butt in case any lawyers come knocking.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ghosts are real and they’re living in the souls of the aforementioned players.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For real.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-1092243890999189458?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/1092243890999189458/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/09/guest-piece-for-habs-addicts.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/1092243890999189458'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/1092243890999189458'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/09/guest-piece-for-habs-addicts.html' title='Guest piece for Habs Addicts'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-6107812638459822439</id><published>2010-09-21T23:44:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-21T23:45:56.082-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Tweet Ten List 2!</title><content type='html'>Second installment of the Tweet Ten List is in the books! Hope you tuned in...if not...there's always next week!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Top ten signs that Habs Hockey is back.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. Georges Laraque can be spotted lobbying for Veggie dogs to be served at the Bell Centre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9. A new round of shatter proof glass gets installed on St. Catherine Street.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. Attendance at Alouettes games goes from over 25,000 to 25. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. On a similar note, people completely forget that the Impact exist. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. The Bell Centre just received their annual shipment of 500 turtlenecks for Tomas Plekanec.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. Game tickets sell out in minutes, and then get re-sold again in minutes for triple the price. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Travis Moen comes back from the farm, Scott Gomez comes back from Alaska, but Andrei Kostitsyn stays in space.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. All the bird crap gets cleaned off the statues in Centennial Plaza. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2.  Instead of watching it together every week, Jacques Martin and Kirk Muller now &lt;br /&gt;have to TIVO Battle of the Blades.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Youppi hits up the Salon for a cut and a dye.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-6107812638459822439?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/6107812638459822439/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/09/tweet-ten-list-2.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/6107812638459822439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/6107812638459822439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/09/tweet-ten-list-2.html' title='Tweet Ten List 2!'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-9138084806674408599</id><published>2010-09-15T00:06:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-15T00:09:38.615-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Tweet Ten List!</title><content type='html'>For those of you that missed it, I was featured in a new segment on Game Points with Matthew Ross on the Team 990 in Montreal! I'll be on every week doing a new 'Tweet Ten List' so be sure to tune in!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll also be posting the Tweet Ten List on the Blog for those who missed it on the radio. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Top Ten reasons why Pierre Gauthier chose Carey Price over Jaroslav Halak.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. Does your starting goalie Rodeo in the off-season? I don’t think so.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9. Josh Gorges likes Carey Price better, and what Josh Gorges says, goes. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. Carey Price is in Gauthier’s A-Capella group: “Triple Gleeke”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. All Halak did was help lead the Habs to the conference finals, beating the Capitals and the Penguins in the process. Price helped Gauthier master the orange button on Guitar hero. I think we know who’s more valuable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. The only team that wanted Price was Colorado….even Gauthier isn’t that stupid.&lt;br /&gt;5. Gauthier is in a Western Conference only fantasy league. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Price still has 7 new Habs masks left to debut. Are you going to take that away from him?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. By some weird stretch of logic, Price is considered to be more ‘French Canadian’ than Halak. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Alex Auld would make Halak look too good. There needs to be room for some controversy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Halak liked to pull pranks, and the one where he traded himself for Lars Eller and Ian Schultz was one too many.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-9138084806674408599?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/9138084806674408599/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/09/tweet-ten-list.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/9138084806674408599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/9138084806674408599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/09/tweet-ten-list.html' title='Tweet Ten List!'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-3109155372095074260</id><published>2010-09-13T22:51:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-13T23:01:49.729-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Pierre Gauthier's Off-Season To-Do List</title><content type='html'>Well the Off-Season is almost over with the rookies getting underway today....and Pierre Gauthier did a lot....kind of. While his moves were mostly low-key, he planned to do a hell of a lot!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know this because I broke into his office and took his To-Do list. Kind of like how I found his Blackberry. (except this time I committed a felony)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ones on the list he completed he filled in with black ink, the ones he didn't complete he left blank. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Pierre Gauthier’s Off-Season To-Do List&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;o Make sure Guy Boucher ends up with our coaching staff.&lt;br /&gt;o Make sure Julien Brisebois stays with our front office.&lt;br /&gt;• Make sure to remind cousin in Tampa Bay to put that flaming bag of dog shit on Yzerman’s front porch&lt;br /&gt;• Let two hard working, undersized, over-aged forwards leave the team via free agency. &lt;br /&gt;• Acquire one hard working, undersized, over-aged forward via free agency.&lt;br /&gt;• Trade one of my goalies for a stable top 6 forward OR two forwards that will spark intense debate within the entire Montreal fanbase. &lt;br /&gt;• Ensure that one of those forwards is good enough for fans to lamely reassure themselves that the trade was worth it.&lt;br /&gt;• Trade away headache Sergei Kostitsyn to a weak market team &lt;br /&gt;o Sign Dan Ellis, I have a good feeling about that guy. Seems like he can handle fan pressure well, also his twitter account is the balls.&lt;br /&gt;• Let Marc Andre Bergeron walk, put robot puck shooter/pylon on ice instead.&lt;br /&gt;o Trade slow developing defenseman Matt Carle in return for slow developing defenseman.&lt;br /&gt;o Trade Slow developing forward Benjamin Maxwell in return for slow developing forward.&lt;br /&gt;• Copyright the term “Pull a D’Agostini”&lt;br /&gt;o Find a way to apply the Georges Laraque ‘Tek Savvy’ Ads to his real life contrac….I mean contract.&lt;br /&gt;• Continue to secretly fund Guillaume Latendresse’s hypnosis http://tinyurl.com/32f98mj . It’s the only way he believes he’s a good hockey player.&lt;br /&gt;o Name Josh Gorges Captain&lt;br /&gt;o Name Brian Gionta Captain&lt;br /&gt;o Name Andrei Markov Captain&lt;br /&gt;o Name Mike Cammalleri Captain&lt;br /&gt;• Let internet fan polls determine captaincy&lt;br /&gt;o Look into that Habs Laughs fellow. How does he keep taking my shit?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-----&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some good news to report!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was contacted by the host of Game Points, a show on the Team 990 radio station in Montreal. I'll be on the show doing a weekly segment called the 'Tweet Ten List'. It's basically a Letterman style top ten list. Debut segment is on Tomorrow night (Tuesday) at 11:25 PM!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-3109155372095074260?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/3109155372095074260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/09/pierre-gauthiers-off-season-to-do-list.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/3109155372095074260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/3109155372095074260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/09/pierre-gauthiers-off-season-to-do-list.html' title='Pierre Gauthier&apos;s Off-Season To-Do List'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-5112987305500827396</id><published>2010-09-01T15:45:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-01T15:58:54.715-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Former Habs...where are they now?</title><content type='html'>Remember that time when the Habs finished 1st in the Eastern Conference a few years back? Remember that time when the Habs were predicted to finish 1st in the Eastern Conference the following season? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember what happened instead? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Put down the gun. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Continue reading. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That team was something else wasn’t it? We were supposed to be so damn good…but instead we were streaky, lacked heart, and were more boring that a NASCAR race in slow motion. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I mean look at the players we had!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saku Koivu, Alex Kovalev, Steve Begin, Chris Higgins, Alex Tanguay, Mike Komisarek, Francis Bouillon, Sergei Kostitsyn, Tom Kostopoulos, Mathieu Dandenault, Guillaume Latendresse, Kyle Chipchura, Robert Lang, Matt D’Agostini, Mathieu Schneider, Patrice Birsebois…to name a few.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over a dozen players have left our ranks since that fateful season that made Bob Gainey swear for the first time in his entire life.&lt;br /&gt;We all know about the massive transformation that the Habs went through one year ago, and I believe that the core of our team has improved immensely. We’ve fallen in love with the newcomers…but we seem to have forgotten the warriors who sacrificed life and limb while playing for the Habs during that 08-09 season. Well I haven’t.&lt;br /&gt;I thought up this blog Idea a year ago…before I started blogging…and decided to keep close tabs on most of the players that left us during the off-season one year ago. I’ve taken note of their highs, lows and everything in between.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Former Habs…where are they now?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saku Koivu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Teams Since Leaving the Habs: Anaheim Ducks&lt;br /&gt;Best Moment: Finding out his agent got the Ducks to include free season passes to Disneyland in his contract. &lt;br /&gt;Worst Moment: Finding out Kyle Chipchurra got traded to the Ducks.&lt;br /&gt;Habs Laughs’ Fearless Prediction: Will form a line centering Paul Kariya and Teemu Selanne that would have been pretty super awesome 10-15 years ago. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Alex Kovalev&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Teams Since Leaving the Habs:&lt;/span&gt; Ottawa Senators&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Best Moment:&lt;/span&gt; Those 3 games where he came to the Bell Centre and actually played Hockey. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Worst Moment:&lt;/span&gt; Realizing Mike Cammalleri is way, way better than him. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Habs Laughs’ Fearless Prediction:&lt;/span&gt; Will be one of the players to leave for the Sochi 2014 Olympics. The League and the Senators won’t care. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Chris Higgins&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Teams Since Leaving the Habs:&lt;/span&gt; New York Rangers, Calgary Flames, Florida Panthers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Best Moment:&lt;/span&gt; When the Leafs made that big trade and made Higgins the 4th worst player on the Flames instead of the worst player on the team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Worst Moment:&lt;/span&gt; When Niklas Hagman ended up with more goals than him. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Habs Laughs’ Fearless Prediction:&lt;/span&gt; Will resurrect his career in Florida, scoring ten goals and adding 15 assists, making him the Panthers’ leading scorer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Alex Tanguay&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Teams Since Leaving the Habs:&lt;/span&gt; Tampa Bay Lightning, Calgary Flames&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Best Moment:&lt;/span&gt; Would FINALLY play on a team that will use him properly in Tampa Bay, unlike Colorado, Calgary, Montreal, whatever Junior team he played on, all of his Youth Teams, his High School Ball Hockey team, his older brother during street hockey, and his dad during knee hockey in his basement when he was 5. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Worst Moment:&lt;/span&gt; The moment his agent looked him in the eye and told him his best option was returning to Calgary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Habs Laughs’ Fearless Prediction:&lt;/span&gt; Will decide head to the KHL, but won’t receive a single offer. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Komisarek&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Teams Since Leaving the Habs:&lt;/span&gt; Toronto Maple Leafs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Best Moment:&lt;/span&gt; Fit right in with, and I imaginary quote, ‘Awesome dudes’ Mikhail Grabovsky and Colton Orr. Looks forward to meeting ‘Salt of the earth’ Colby Armstrong. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Worst Moment:&lt;/span&gt; Got hurt after terrible start, robbed Leafs fans of seeing how soft he could actually be since Lucic destroyed him mentally and physically.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Habs Laughs’ Fearless Prediction:&lt;/span&gt; Dancing with the stars anyone?…Is he even famous enough?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tom Kostopoulos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Teams Since Leaving the Habs:&lt;/span&gt; Carolina Hurricanes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Best Moment:&lt;/span&gt; Was one of the 3rd liner-but-try-really-hard-and-play-well-and-make-a-run-at-the-playoffs-but-don’t-have-any-really-good-players-aside-from-Staal-and-maybe-Whitney dudes on the Hurricanes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Worst Moment:&lt;/span&gt; The Jersey guy on the Hurricanes spelled his name right 1 out of 82 times. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Habs Laughs’ Fearless Prediction:&lt;/span&gt; Will captain team Greece at some form of Adriatic/Ionian Hockey tournament. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And now for some that left a little before and after 2008-2009&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Cristobal Huet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Teams Since Leaving the Habs:&lt;/span&gt; Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks, some Swiss League team?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Best Moment:&lt;/span&gt; Watching The Chicago Blackawks win the Stanley Cup.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Worst Moment:&lt;/span&gt; Watching the Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Habs Laughs’ Fearless Prediction:&lt;/span&gt; Will watch whatever team he is on in Europe win their championship trophy. Will run for President of France and lose. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Guillaume Latendresse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Teams Since Leaving the Habs:&lt;/span&gt; Minnesota Wild&lt;br /&gt;Best Moment: Realizing that he’s actually a good hockey player, and that all his critics were wrong.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Worst Moment:&lt;/span&gt; Realizing that he’s a good Hockey player on the Minnesota Wild.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Habs Laughs’ Fearless Prediction:&lt;/span&gt; 30 Goals and 28 Assists….on the Houston Aeros after scoring 5 goals and 2 assists in 37 games with the Wild. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Sergei Kostitsyn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Teams Since Leaving the Habs:&lt;/span&gt; Nashville Predators&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Best Moment:&lt;/span&gt; Staying away from cold and depressing Russia, where he would have most likely played had he not been moved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Worst Moment: &lt;/span&gt;Heading towards warm and depressing Nashville. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Habs Laughs’ Fearless Prediction:&lt;/span&gt; 50 Goals, 85 Points. Just because he’s not a Hab anymore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Michael Ryder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Team Since Leaving the Habs:&lt;/span&gt; Boston Bruins&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Best Moment:&lt;/span&gt; Finally perfected the toe drag, blew right by Sheldon Souray one time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Worst Moment:&lt;/span&gt; Really misses Chris Higgins, can't figure out how to download Skype&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Habs Laughs' Fearless Prediction:&lt;/span&gt; Will slowly go insane while reading "Where's Waldo"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-5112987305500827396?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/5112987305500827396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/09/former-habswhere-are-they-now.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/5112987305500827396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/5112987305500827396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/09/former-habswhere-are-they-now.html' title='Former Habs...where are they now?'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-1504798745041362707</id><published>2010-08-17T15:56:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-17T16:34:44.719-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I found Gauthier's Blackberry</title><content type='html'>Well, it’s mid August and we can safely say that the worst off-season since 2004-2005 (get it?) is coming to an end. With only one major free agent on the block, then off the block, then back on the block again the summer has been as boring and confusing as a post game interview with Andrei Kostitsyn. While there were some semi-exciting moments (The Thrashers becoming the messed up cloning experiment of the Blackhawks, the Leafs acquiring forwards people have heard of etc.) the Summer of 2010 was not the best summer for Hockey fans. In Montreal, we got our summer off to a bang with the trading of Halak, but after that it’s as if Gauthier was like “K, the rest can wait until September, where’s my 9 Iron?”&lt;br /&gt;While Gauthier didn’t seem busy he was actually deep in all the business one would expect to be deep in while running an NHL team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How do I know this?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well I was walking past the Bell Centre yesterday, and I found a Blackberry on the street. After spending three hours figuring out how to use it I realized that it belonged to Pierre Gauthier. I gave it back, but not before going through the texts and BBMs...and trying to use it as leverage to land a spot as the Habs ‘Director of Watching Games With Great Seats’. He turned me down, and as payback I’m posting what &lt;br /&gt;I witnessed. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Actual excerpts from Pierre Gauthier’s Blackberry&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Text to 514-444-2388 Jaro H - 5-25-10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don’t worry about Halak k? I know he had a good run with us but you’re our guy moving forward.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Text from 514-444-2388 – Jaro H 5-25-10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WTF?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Text to 514-444-2388 Jaro H - 5-25-10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OOPS! Sent to wrong number, jk!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Text to 514-321-3131-Pricey – 5-25-10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don’t worry about Halak k? I know he had a good run with us but you’re our guy moving forward.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Text to 514-321-6755- Pricey – 5-25-10&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also avoid calls from Halak. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BBM Conversation with PIN 51W9Q11M-Guy Boucher~In Hamilton&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pierre Gauthier~4th place!: &lt;/span&gt; Hey Guy, want to meet later in the week? We want to talk to you about coaching up here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Guy Boucher~In Hamilton:&lt;/span&gt; Wow, what are you doing with Jacques?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Pierre Gauthier~4th place!:&lt;/span&gt;  Um, nothing? You’d be assistant coach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Guy Boucher~In Hamilton:&lt;/span&gt; Oh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Pierre Gauthier~4th place!:&lt;/span&gt;  Is that a problem? I know you’ve been talking to some other teams and I want you to know we value you here and want you to stay here. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Pierre Gauthier~4th place!:&lt;/span&gt;  I mean, we brought you in from the Q, we gave you full reign of the B club...we want you to continue to grow with us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Pierre Gauthier~4th place!:&lt;/span&gt; I just want to make sure we’re on the same page here. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Pierre Gauthier~4th place!:&lt;/span&gt; You there?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Pierre Gauthier~4th place!:&lt;/span&gt; PING!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Pierre Gauthier~4th place!:&lt;/span&gt; Did that work? Do you actually type ‘ping’ or is there another way to do it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Guy Boucher~In Hamilton:&lt;/span&gt; I’m here...was just on the phone.&lt;br /&gt;Pierre Gauthier~4th place!:  Did you get my BBMs?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Guy Boucher~In Tampa Bay:&lt;/span&gt;  Yeah got em. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Pierre Gauthier~4th place!:&lt;/span&gt;  Oh ok cool...hey what the eff!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Guy Boucher is unavailable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-----&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Text to 514-174-7474- Sergei K&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Good news Sergei! We’re trading you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Text from: 514-747-7474- Sergei K&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Da?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Text to 514-174-7474- Sergei K&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Text from 514-174-7474- Sergei K&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I trade?&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Text to 514-174-7474- Sergei K&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes! I e-mailed like 50 teams and I managed to squeeze Dustin Boyd an&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Text from 514-174-7474- Sergei K&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Text to 514-174-7474- Sergei K&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;D Dan Ellis from Nashville! You’re heading to Nashville!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Text to 514-174-7474- Sergei K&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That first one wasn’t finished did you get the second one?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Text from 514-174-7474- Sergei K&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ver is Nahville?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Text to 514-174-7474- Sergei K&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why are you texting with an accent?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Text from 514-174-7474- Sergei K&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I trade? Yes?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Text to 514-174-7474- Sergei K&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;YES! To Nashville. For Dustin Boyd and Dan Ellis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Text from 514-174-7474- Sergei K&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dey not superstars. I worth more. You lose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Text to 514-174-7474- Sergei K&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No Sergei...I win. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BBM conversation with Doug Armstrong~STLGM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pierre Gauthier~27th Overall:( :&lt;/span&gt; Ok so want to start up talks again?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Doug Armstrong~STLGM:&lt;/span&gt; Yeah, I’m interested.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Pierre Gauthier~27th Overall:( :&lt;/span&gt; Ok, I’ve had tons of offers for Halak, so the offer better be good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Doug Armstrong~STLGM:&lt;/span&gt; Ok we’re prepared to offer big, but we have a list of untouchables. Players be ABSOLUTELY cannot part with.&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pierre Gauthier~27th Overall :( :&lt;/span&gt; Who’s on the list?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Doug Armstrong~STLGM:&lt;/span&gt; I’m not even going to tell you. These players are essential to the organization and I can’t afford to lose them. &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pierre Gauthier~27th Overall :( :&lt;/span&gt; Well they must be pretty good players then.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Doug Armstrong~STLGM:&lt;/span&gt; The best.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Pierre Gauthier~27th Overall:( :&lt;/span&gt; Can I see the list?&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Doug Armstrong~STLGM:&lt;/span&gt; There’s no point, I’m not moving them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Pierre Gauthier~27th Overall:( :&lt;/span&gt; I just want to see them, this is Halak we’re talking about. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Doug Armstrong~STLGM:&lt;/span&gt; Ok fine. Only 2 players are on it. I am absolutely not trading them to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Pierre Gauthier~27th Overall:( :&lt;/span&gt; If you’re trying to make me want them it’s not working...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Doug Armstrong~STLGM:&lt;/span&gt; Why would I want you to want them. They’re not moving.&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pierre Gauthier~27th Overall:( :&lt;/span&gt; Just...who are they?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Doug Armstrong~STLGM:&lt;/span&gt; Lars Eller and Ian Schultz.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steve Yzerman~LYghtningGM!:&lt;/span&gt; Hey Pierre, Available for a chat?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Pierre Gauthier~Signing Price-still here though:&lt;/span&gt; I don’t know...you going to try and steal anyone else?&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steve Yzerman~LYghtningGM!:&lt;/span&gt; I already apologized, and you told me your wife loved the fruit basket.&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pierre Gauthier~Signing Price-still here though:&lt;/span&gt; I know, just no funny stuff. What’s up?&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steve Yzerman~LYghtningGM! :&lt;/span&gt; Well, I was wondering if you want to make a move, we want a goalie.&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pierre Gauthier~Signing Price-still here though:&lt;/span&gt; I tried to trade Price for Vinny already, the old guy wouldn’t do it. Can’t do it now though, with Halak gone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Steve Yzerman~LYghtningGM!:&lt;/span&gt; Oh yeah...great trade by the way!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Pierre Gauthier~Signing Price-still here though:&lt;/span&gt; Wha—thanks! I’ve been getting heat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Steve Yzerman~LYghtningGM!:&lt;/span&gt; Don’t know why...genius of a deal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Pierre Gauthier~Signing Price-still here though:&lt;/span&gt; You’re too kind. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Steve Yzerman~LYghtningGM!:&lt;/span&gt; I know, anyways I want Cedric Desjardins.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Pierre Gauthier~Signing Price-still here though:&lt;/span&gt; Hm, I don’t know. He’s a solid player, was great for the bulldogs last year, we don’t really know what he’s capable of yet, we want to groom him.&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Steve Yzerman~LYghtningGM!:&lt;/span&gt; but I want him. We’ll give you Kari Ramo. Solid Finnish Tender, NHL experience. &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pierre Gauthier~Signing Price-still here though:&lt;/span&gt; Ramo eh? Well....he’s got talent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Steve Yzerman~LYghtningGM!:&lt;/span&gt; Way better than Desjardins. I want to take him off your hands as a favour to you.&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pierre Gauthier~Signing Price-still here though:&lt;/span&gt; What?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Steve Yzerman~LYghtningGM!:&lt;/span&gt; I heard Desjardins is a bad goalie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Pierre Gauthier~Signing Price-still here though:&lt;/span&gt; Well, who said that? He was one of the best goalies in the AHL last year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Steve Yzerman~LYghtningGM!:&lt;/span&gt; Nono, you’re thinking of someone else.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Pierre Gauthier~Signing Price-still here though:&lt;/span&gt; I’m thinking of someone else? You mean someone other than the person we’re talking about?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Steve Yzerman~LYghtningGM!: &lt;/span&gt;Yes. I’m Steve Yzerman...would I lie to you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Pierre Gauthier~Signing Price-still here though:&lt;/span&gt; I guess not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Steve Yzerman~LYghtningGM!:&lt;/span&gt; I’ll have the paperwork drawn up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Pierre Gauthier~Signing Price-still here though:&lt;/span&gt; Sounds good! You’re a nice guy Steve, thanks for this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Steve Yzerman~LYghtningGM!:&lt;/span&gt; Don’t mention...you owe me one though!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I found more on the phone, they’ll be released if there is a demand. &lt;br /&gt;Summer Vacation is over, Habs Laughs is back!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-1504798745041362707?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/1504798745041362707/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/08/i-found-gauthiers-blackberry.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/1504798745041362707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/1504798745041362707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/08/i-found-gauthiers-blackberry.html' title='I found Gauthier&apos;s Blackberry'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-4317194360731215917</id><published>2010-06-27T19:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-27T19:01:25.797-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Summer Vacation</title><content type='html'>Habs Laughs is going on Summer vacation! The blog is still alive and will be back in full swing in August.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for checking in!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-4317194360731215917?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/4317194360731215917/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/06/summer-vacation.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/4317194360731215917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/4317194360731215917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/06/summer-vacation.html' title='Summer Vacation'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-6177511020090239607</id><published>2010-06-18T12:41:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-18T12:53:49.031-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Things You May Not Know About Lars Eller and Ian Schultz</title><content type='html'>While Jaroslav Halak being traded to the Blues was the major story yesterday, the majority of Habs and Hockey fans focused their attention on only half of the deal. Yes, Jaroslav Halak was the spark that ignited the Habs’ playoff run, and yes it is sad to see him go, but I think we’re focusing on the wrong side of the coin. What about Lars Eller and Ian Schultz? Everyone is so caught up in the fact that we traded Halak that nobody has even said a word about the two stallions we’ve received as compensation for the thoroughbred we sent packing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s a good thing you checked in on Habs Laughs today, because we know all there is to know about Lars Eller and Ian Schultz.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Things You May Not Know About Lars Eller and Ian Schultz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Eller is frequently mistaken at bars and airports for that dude from Metallica with a similar name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-If you type ‘Ian Schultz’ in on Facebook it automatically takes you to the group ‘Illegitimate children of famous comic strip creators’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Ian Schultz once bumped into Bob Gainey at a charity event. Bob tossed Schultz his keys and reminded him not to scratch his baby.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Lars Eller is the ‘Dancing with the Stars: Denmark’ Champion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Ian Schultz dated Elisha Cuthbert before Sean Avery did.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-While visiting North America on a high school trip, Lars Eller was arrested after an altercation in a Bakery due to someone saying ‘I hate Danish, they’re disgusting’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-The Dog breed ‘Great Dane’ actually originates from Lars Eller’s great-great-great grandfather, who just an awesome dude.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-He won’t admit it, but Ian Schultz is the President of the Justin Bieber fan club.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Lars Eller was drafted ahead of P.K. Subban.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Ian Schultz and Lars Eller rearrange to form ‘Crazier All Nutshells’. I wonder if Pierre Gauthier knows that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Ian Schultz was one of the ten plagues of Egypt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Lars Eller knows all the words to ‘Cherry Cola’ by Savage Garden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Ian Schultz is the frontman for the ‘Aqua’ coverband-‘Dr. Jones’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-The Alanis Morrissette song ‘You Oughta Know’ is about Ian Schultz’s roommate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Lars Eller does not believe in Colton Orr.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Working on something big that should be up next week, stay tuned.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-6177511020090239607?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/6177511020090239607/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/06/things-you-may-not-know-about-lars.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/6177511020090239607'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/6177511020090239607'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/06/things-you-may-not-know-about-lars.html' title='Things You May Not Know About Lars Eller and Ian Schultz'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-7023555778058894553</id><published>2010-06-08T11:08:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-08T11:11:00.853-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Why Guy Boucher chose Tampa Bay over Montreal and Columbus.</title><content type='html'>The apocalypse is upon us! Everyone raid your local Wal Mart for provisions, board up your bomb shelters, and start praying to jebus...because the Habs messiah has jumped ship. Guy Boucher has agreed to become the Head Coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning. You may be asking yourself ‘Tampa?...wait...TAMPA!?’ While Tampa might be a team with a solid core and ugly jerseys...to Boucher they are so much more. Here are some reasons why Boucher chose Tampa over the Habs and the Blue Jackets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- If he fails, nobody will really notice. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Owes Steve Yzerman a solid after a wild night in Cabo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Rick Nash once told him McGill wasn’t THAT good of a school.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Lecavalier, St. Louis, Veilleux  and Tanguay all told him that the media doesn’t hold them ‘extra accountable’ for being French Canadian. In fact, they haven’t been interviewed about a game in ages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- A Stamkos autograph was promised to Boucher by Upper Management.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Lafleur  gets all depressed when the fans start chanting for a different ‘Guy’...that’s why they traded Latendresse and got rid of Carbonneau!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Nationwide Arena still smells like Ken Hitchcock. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- He is convinced that he can get Steve Downie to get that Lobotomy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Being the Head coach of the only Hockey team in Ohio is just way too much pressure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Tampa used their recent cup win as an incentive to sign. Columbus promised Boucher that they would try to win the cup every year if he signed with them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Boucher is a huge Evan Longoria fan and the chances of meeting him just went up exponentially. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- He’s scared to find out what would happen when the Fans in Montreal realize that he’s not that good of a coach and that it was the immense talent of the Bulldog’s roster that was the reason for their success. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Knows that if he has a bad season, nothing can compare to Tortorella. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Pierre McGuire left him a threatening voice mail, telling him that the Montreal Coaching job is reserved for him when his elaborate plan to eradicate all of the Montreal Coaching staff comes to fruition. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Like the rest of the world, he thinks that Lightning storms are freaking awesome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Much easier to manage his underground gambling ring from Tampa...nobody will notice if he does it from there.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-7023555778058894553?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/7023555778058894553/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/06/why-guy-boucher-chose-tampa-bay-over.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/7023555778058894553'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/7023555778058894553'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/06/why-guy-boucher-chose-tampa-bay-over.html' title='Why Guy Boucher chose Tampa Bay over Montreal and Columbus.'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-613936175993412666</id><published>2010-06-01T17:32:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-01T17:46:08.286-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Top Ten Reasons Why The Habs Fired 6 Scouts</title><content type='html'>It was recently reported that the Habs relieved six of their scouts of their duties. While the move was made at an odd time, it is done (according to the report) and now we have 15 less scouts than Toronto. While Leafs fans are probably thinking ‘Hey we have more scouts than the Habs, we’re probably going to make the playoffs this year ’Habs fans are thinking ‘what has 24 scouts done for Toronto the past 6 years?’ &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The higher-ups either have some better scouts coming in or are looking to save some coin. For the sake of the blog we’ll go with the latter. I guess beer is moving slowly these days, Molson is looking to save money and I guess the future and development of the team has to suffer as a result. I’m sure he has some good reasons; I’ve got the top ten.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Top Ten Reasons Why The Habs Fired 6 Scouts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;10.&lt;/span&gt; The league charges by the letter and after a while those Cammalleri jerseys can get pretty pricey. Why do you think they traded Latendresse?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;9.&lt;/span&gt; You think Youppi’s natural hair colour is Orange? Hair dye isn’t cheap in those quantities. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;8.&lt;/span&gt; The mandatory ‘Crosby elimination fee’ IS mandatory. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;7.&lt;/span&gt; They have to be coming out with the iScout soon enough, right? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;6.&lt;/span&gt; Tomas Plekanec made a bet with Gainey before the season that he would score more points than Jarome Iginla, Mike Richards, Ryan Getzlaf and Jonathan Toews. After 20 minutes of laughing, Gainey laid the sum of 3 scout’s salaries on the line. It seemed like a good idea at the time.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;5.&lt;/span&gt; Molson felt kind of bad about the first round upset, so he offered to pay for Eric Belanger’s dental bills. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;4.&lt;/span&gt; It’s off the books, but someone has to pay for Sergei Kostitsyn’s Baby formula. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;3.&lt;/span&gt; Nikki Yanofsky’s anthem appearances are like $20, 000 a pop &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;2.&lt;/span&gt; Contrary to popular belief, Marc-Andre Bergeron is not paying the Canadiens to play for them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the number one reason why the Habs fired 6 scouts...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;1.&lt;/span&gt; Everyone knows great teams are built through free agency.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-613936175993412666?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/613936175993412666/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/06/top-ten-reasons-why-habs-fired-6-scouts.html#comment-form' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/613936175993412666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/613936175993412666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/06/top-ten-reasons-why-habs-fired-6-scouts.html' title='Top Ten Reasons Why The Habs Fired 6 Scouts'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-3855308997383733431</id><published>2010-05-28T12:17:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-28T12:24:21.243-04:00</updated><title type='text'>New Habs Products</title><content type='html'>Well the Habs have been eliminated from the 2010 playoffs but me typing this in late May rather than mid April is a feat on its own....right? The Habs accomplished a hell of a lot more than the world thought they would and as a result several companies have come a-knocking! If something is hot you have to take advantage of it. Thankfully Mr. Molson and his posse of advertising and marketing execs know this and have been working tirelessly with several outside organizations to take advantage of the Canadiens’ success. People outside of most of the NHL markets know who the Canadiens are now (thanks PTI!) and it’s high time for there to be some recognizable products out there with the Habs logo splashed all over them.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Here are some of the more popular products that are hitting the shelves soon!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The iHab&lt;/span&gt;- Being one of the world’s leading entertainment and technology companies; Apple has released the Habs Fans’ dream product. The iHab is the one stop shop for everything Montreal Canadiens. It holds a video library of every Canadiens game ever played, a game that puts you in the skates of the pre-game flag kids, and an exclusive app (similar to the t-pain app) that allows everything you say into the iHab come out sounding like the European player of your choice! A slight snag occurred in the marketing for the product when the black silhouette of Sergei Kostitsyn used in one of the commercials promptly sits down and demands a full minute instead of a 30 second spot. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Maxim Lapierre’s Ultimate Punch Out&lt;/span&gt;- Exclusively for the Nintendo Wii, Maxim &lt;br /&gt;Lapierre’s Ultimate Punch chronicles the ventures of the young sparkplug as he makes his way across the NHL fighting league’s most prominent brawlers. Derek Boogaard, Daniel Carcillo, George Parros, Jody Shelley, and Colton Orr among other NHL Heavyweights are all in the game, but their presence is only there for Lappy to veer away from them and go after the weaker and smaller players. The game takes forever to beat as the game ends when you actually get Lapierre to fight. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;New Iron Man Suit&lt;/span&gt;- Marvel has already gotten started on the third chapter of the &lt;br /&gt;Iron Man series and have worked with the Habs to make a new suit for Tony Stark. The suit is a ‘trump card’ suit, meaning that when Tony is up against all odds and has only one chance at victory he dons this suit. Marvel says that ‘the suit is pretty much invincible. It never wears down, and it’s cheap to operate. Josh Gorges was nice enough to donate his entire body to the film as the suit itself is just Tony Stark immersed in Josh Gorges. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Old Navy Clothing Line&lt;/span&gt;- Old Navy called up Jeff Molson with an interesting proposal, and Molson jumped at the opportunity without hesitation. Coming the Fall, Old Navy’s 2010 ‘Back To School’ Collection will feature ads with Brian Gionta, Scott Gomez, and Mike Cammalleri. They will be playing teenagers in the ads, who are upset about going back to school until their moms come home with rad new clothes from Old Navy! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Montreal Canadiens Nascar&lt;/span&gt;- The Habs have upped some big cash and paid to be the main sponsor on a stock car in the Nascar circuit. The car is small, but packs a punch...kind of. No matter the driver, the car sits in the middle of the pack the entire race, makes a push for the top of the pack near the end, but fades out in the last ten laps to finish in the top 16. By some weird outcome the car finishes in the top 4 in Nextel cup rankings. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Andrei Kostitsyn Invisibility Cloak&lt;/span&gt;- Pairing with Warner Bros. and Harry Potter, The Habs have developed the Andrei Kostitsyn special edition Invisibility Cloak. Everyone will still be able to see the person wearing it, but the cloak is heavy and restricting, making the wearer useless in all situations. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Travis Moen Do-It-Yourself Suture Kit&lt;/span&gt;-Remember when Travis Moen looked like a baseball? The American Red Cross and Home Depot remember as well. In a combined effort the two organizations allow tough guys everywhere to emulate Travis Moen’s manliness and sew up their minor cuts themselves. We here at Habs Laughs know he didn’t sew himself up, but he would have if he didn’t have those bulky gauntlets on. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jaroslav Spacek Speak ‘N Spell&lt;/span&gt;- Texas Instruments stepped up big on this one, bringing Jaro Spacek into the studio to record all 26 letters of the alphabet to be featured in this limited edition product. After 2 weeks on the shelves TI recalled all of them due to ‘excess creepiness’. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the biggest earner...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Carey Price Confidence Booster Shooting Target&lt;/span&gt;- Carey Price lends his likeness to this life size cut-out which pins up nicely in your standard street/ice net. Young players can practice their shot aim on Carey. As an added confidence booster, the kids (or kids of all ages) can enjoy the pleasures of every shot going in no matter what.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-3855308997383733431?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/3855308997383733431/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-habs-products.html#comment-form' title='29 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/3855308997383733431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/3855308997383733431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-habs-products.html' title='New Habs Products'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>29</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-2663996449075920905</id><published>2010-05-16T18:03:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-17T17:08:25.130-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What would you do?</title><content type='html'>Who steals a mannequin? Honestly, the douchebags who turned the party into a riot are terrible at looting. I was downtown for the post game festivities after the game 7 win and the second I saw a dude with no Habs colors on tip over a mailbox for no reason I was out of there faster than the Leafs were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. (Cheap shot, I know) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who is to blame? The city. They closed off the most populous street in the city to all vehicular traffic and as a result thousands of Habs fans poured into that one mile stretch and turned it into Habs frenzy. We took advantage of the opportunity and partied...it’s Montreal, what else are we supposed to do? Our team just knocked off the reigning Cup Champs...two weeks after knocking off the Presidents Cup champs! The unfortunate thing is that where there is a massive crowd there are bound to be a few hundred hoodlums looking to loot, vandalize, and image-tarnish.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Habs fans don’t riot, we have fun and celebrate, douchebags riot (poorly, the footage of the looting is laughable). So all of you judgmental non-Habs fans out there ask yourself &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;‘what would you have done had your team done what the Canadiens did?’ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Habs Laughs has a good idea of what would happen...they wouldn’t riot though...other teams’ fans would NEVER riot...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Anaheim Ducks Fans:&lt;/span&gt;  Collectively work for months on a script for ‘D:4-NHL’ In Which Gary Bettman (played by Chuck Norris) convinces Gordon Bombay to re-unite the Team USA roster from D:2 and convince them to join the NHL in order to participate in the Stanley Cup Playoffs after the NHL Ducks’ plane gets lost on its way back from Vancouver (because Canada is far). They make the Stanley Cup finals, go to game 7, and can’t play because the team shows up on the eve of the game. Right before puck drop, the Ducks Captain (played by Matt Damon) allows the new Ducks to play instead of the NHL team. *Where is my Oscar?*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Atlanta Thrashers Fans:&lt;/span&gt; Wake up from the lovely dream they were having.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Boston Bruins Fans:&lt;/span&gt; Celebrate, but a few yahoos will go to the zoo and free all the bears as a joke. Headlines in the Herald the next day will read ‘Where’s the Bears?’ That dude will probably get fired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Buffalo Sabres Fans:&lt;/span&gt; See ‘Bruce Almighty’ for the answer to this one....the Sabres actually win the cup in that movie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Calgary Flames Fans:&lt;/span&gt; Continue to bitch and moan about how they got screwed in ’04. Prompting the refs to screw them in the upcoming rounds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Carolina Hurricanes Fans:&lt;/span&gt; They won’t notice because they’ll be too busy rallying in order to get their organization to trade for more Staal Brothers. The Rangers can’t have two.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Chicago Blackhawks Fans:&lt;/span&gt; Be really legit about it...like if your best friend beat you in a race or something.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Colorado Avalanche Fans:&lt;/span&gt; Say thanks to Joe Sakic for coming out of retirement. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Columbus Bluejackets Fans:&lt;/span&gt; Even I don’t know what they would do. That franchise has had less success than the Viagra suppository. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Dallas Stars Fans:&lt;/span&gt; Something along the lines of  &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUTqW32gx9k"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUTqW32gx9k&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Detroit Red Wings Fans:&lt;/span&gt; No celebrations until the cup comes home...they don’t even go to games unless it’s a cup clinching game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Edmonton Oilers Fans:&lt;/span&gt;  We’ll find out in ten years....at least.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Los Angeles Kings Fans:&lt;/span&gt; Initiate ‘Operation McSorley’ and sneak into opposing teams rinks and take back all the illegal sticks they deposited in the opposing teams’ equipment bags. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Minnesota Wild Fans:&lt;/span&gt; Re-form the search party for Guillaume Latendresse who apparently disappeared after 50 games. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Nashville Predators Fans:&lt;/span&gt; Two words- Ho Down. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;New Jersey Devils Fans:&lt;/span&gt; Finally give in to Brodeur’s request and begin work on the 50 foot statue he commissioned back in 2003.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;New York Islanders Fans: &lt;/span&gt; Continue to pool their money and donate it to the &lt;br /&gt;Islanders who claim they’ve found the cure for whatever injury Rick DiPietro has. The fans don’t ask questions, they haven’t won in forever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New York Rangers Fans:&lt;/span&gt; Be Obnoxious about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Ottawa Senators Fans:&lt;/span&gt; Celebrate in a mild and polite manner, lights out by 11.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Philadelphia Flyers Fans:&lt;/span&gt; Beat the crap out of several people, then maybe talk about how they knew they were going to do it for about a week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Phoenix Coyotes Fans:&lt;/span&gt; Be sure to thank Mr. Bettman...again. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Pittsburgh Penguins Fans:&lt;/span&gt; Curse because they’d have to come back to Mellon arena again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;San Jose Sharks Fans:&lt;/span&gt; Continue to rag on Joe Thornton for not doing anything.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;St. Louis Blues Fans:&lt;/span&gt; Stay at the Cards game, it’s only the 7th inning. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tampa Bay Lightning Fans:&lt;/span&gt; Die of shock as a result of their team winning without a Coach, GM, or Owner...regardless if they’ve been fired or not. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Toronto Maple Leafs Fans:&lt;/span&gt; The same thing they do after every win; plan the parade.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Vancouver Canucks Fans:&lt;/span&gt; Start multiple petitions to make Luongo the Coach, GM, and Mayor of Vancouver. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Washington Capitals Fans:&lt;/span&gt; Still pretend to care until Redskins training camp starts.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-2663996449075920905?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/2663996449075920905/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/05/what-would-you-do.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/2663996449075920905'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/2663996449075920905'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/05/what-would-you-do.html' title='What would you do?'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-7446087408157830573</id><published>2010-05-07T12:00:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-07T12:04:52.429-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Angry Sal!</title><content type='html'>Being a Habs fan isn't easy...and nobody knows it better than this guy. I've heard Angry Sal in to the team 990 before, but I've never heard him go off like this. Shout out to Dustin Gilman for sending this to me after Game 4 of the Habs/Caps series.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D6JMg1e4DM&amp;feature=player_embedded"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D6JMg1e4DM&amp;feature=player_embedded&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Imagine what he would have done if the Habs lost last night!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-7446087408157830573?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/7446087408157830573/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/05/angry-sal.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/7446087408157830573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/7446087408157830573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/05/angry-sal.html' title='Angry Sal!'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-3211284201433798488</id><published>2010-05-05T21:58:00.010-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-06T11:26:58.511-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Top Ten Crosby Excuses</title><content type='html'>If Sidney Crosby has been trying to discredit any conspiracy theories lately, you wouldn’t have guessed it by his actions during game 2 of the Habs-Pens semi-final series. Here’s the video in case you missed it:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n1tdkklxw0"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n1tdkklxw0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To the amazement of experts and fans everywhere, Crosby was not given a penalty on the play. Was it a penalty? Probably, but I’m not going to spend my time ranting about conspiracy theories. Besides, there isn’t a conspiracy...Crosby is just really good at getting out of tight spots (kind of like Patrick Kane). He actually gave the best excuse known to mankind to the ref when confronted about the incident. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nobody knows what it was but my guess it was one of the following...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Top Ten Excuses Sidney Crosby gave to the Refs after breaking his stick in frustration. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;10.&lt;/span&gt; You would do it to if Ryan O’Byrne beat you to the puck!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;9.&lt;/span&gt; Some Habs did it for Josh Gorges last year when HE couldn’t score...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;8.&lt;/span&gt; I was just trying to show everyone that I can hit something. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;7.&lt;/span&gt; I hadn’t hit the net in two games!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;6.&lt;/span&gt; Bylsma told me that I’d be rooming with Cooke after the game. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;5.&lt;/span&gt; I was aiming for Halak...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;4.&lt;/span&gt; I’m still not over the whole Conan/Leno feud. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;3.&lt;/span&gt; I found the Post’s cell phone; it was cheating on me with several mistresses! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;2.&lt;/span&gt; Vegas odds of me doing that were 900:1 and I was doing Rick Tocchet a favour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the number 1 Excuse Sidney Crosby gave to the Refs after breaking his stick in frustration... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;1.&lt;/span&gt; I’m Sidney Crosby!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-3211284201433798488?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/3211284201433798488/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/05/top-ten-crosby-excuses.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/3211284201433798488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/3211284201433798488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/05/top-ten-crosby-excuses.html' title='Top Ten Crosby Excuses'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-9136083073999080885</id><published>2010-04-29T12:51:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-29T13:02:08.654-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Pros and Cons of the Habs Advancing to the Second Round</title><content type='html'>The Habs have done the unthinkable! Last night the Montreal Canadiens eliminated the Washington Capitals from the Stanley Cup Playoffs....and there was only a minimal amount of rioting! With the win, the Habs advance to second round, but at the same time...they’re playing the Penguins. With every Pro for advancing comes a Con...Here is a complete list.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pro:&lt;/span&gt; At least four more Habs games!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Con:&lt;/span&gt; At least four more terrible Jacques Martin suits.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pro:&lt;/span&gt; Jaroslav Halak shut up Alex Ovechkin and put on one of the best goaltending performances in the modern era.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Con:&lt;/span&gt; He will probably be doing that for another team next season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pro:&lt;/span&gt; No more ridiculously exuberant Alexander Ovechkin goal celebrations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Con:&lt;/span&gt; No more ridiculously exuberant Alexander Ovechkin goal celebrations....ever. He's probably bolting to Russia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pro:&lt;/span&gt; The Habs shut up the experts and showed them that size doesn’t matter and that speed, drive, and heart can win Hockey games.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Con:&lt;/span&gt; We still have an uncanny resemblance to the lollipop guild.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pro:&lt;/span&gt; Sales in Car flags have risen exponentially.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Con:&lt;/span&gt;  If we advance again they will probably be burnt to a crisp.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pro:&lt;/span&gt; Conspiracy theorists can take a step back, Ovechkin and company didn’t advance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Con:&lt;/span&gt; Crosby is coming up...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pro:&lt;/span&gt; Many Habs fans can’t believe the upset they just witnessed. NOBODY thought they were going to win this series.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Con:&lt;/span&gt; Those same fans are probably shit broke thanks to sensible betting in their playoff pools.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pro:&lt;/span&gt; The Habs’ Penalty Kill was an incredible 97% through the First Round. This bodes well against the Penguins, who were 19th in the league on the Power Play this past season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Con:&lt;/span&gt; This will only encourage Maxim Lapierre to keep diving.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pro:&lt;/span&gt; The Bell Centre Flag Bearers live to see at least two more games.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Con:&lt;/span&gt; The team might have to cater to Matt Cooke’s pre-game blindside ritual.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pro:&lt;/span&gt; Bruce Boudreau finally has a chance to get his blood pressure under control.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Con:&lt;/span&gt; He’s a terrible Golfer...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pro:&lt;/span&gt; More time for SK74 to get in Martin’s good graces and get back in the line-up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Con:&lt;/span&gt; More time for Martin to think of excuses to justify keeping SK74 out of the line-up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pro:&lt;/span&gt; Dominic Moore is playing himself into ‘worth the 2nd round pick’ territory.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Con:&lt;/span&gt; Jaroslav Halak is playing himself into the ‘Worth the three 1st Round picks we would get from that offer sheet’ territory.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pro:&lt;/span&gt; More P.K. Subban.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Con:&lt;/span&gt; ....I can’t think of one.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-9136083073999080885?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/9136083073999080885/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/04/pros-and-cons-of-habs-advancing-to.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/9136083073999080885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/9136083073999080885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/04/pros-and-cons-of-habs-advancing-to.html' title='Pros and Cons of the Habs Advancing to the Second Round'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-8902284003113315107</id><published>2010-04-15T16:51:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-15T16:54:07.650-04:00</updated><title type='text'>How The Habs Can Upset The Capitals</title><content type='html'>I’m only 22, but I like to think I’ve watched a lot of Hockey. I’ve witnessed some of the great moments in Habs history (Donald Audette scoring after getting his hand chopped off) and some of the ‘lesser’ moments in Habs history (Saku Koivu getting blinded by Justin Williams). Because of my superior Hockey knowledge I was able to develop several methods that the Montreal Canadiens can use to successfully defeat the Washington Capitals in their quarterfinal series. These methods will work just as surely as the Chicago Blackhawks will lose in the Stanley cup final because they have Hossa on their team. &lt;br /&gt;Enjoy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How The Habs Can Upset The Capitals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Bribe the Capitals’ nutritionist to add in KFC’s ‘Double Down’ as a mandatory addition to every meal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Once a day, slip a different season of 24 on DVD into the Caps’ locker room. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Copy ‘The Simpsons’ ‘Pigeon-Rat’ idea and create Caroslav Prilak.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Trick the kids on Washington (Backstrom, Carlson, Varlamov etc) that the Ghosts of the Forum are real. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Find Marty McSorley’s Illegal stick, make dozens of copies and sneak them in to the Capitals equipment bags. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Ensure that Jose Theodore is in goal for the Capitals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Watch ‘Rocky IV’ before every game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Have a team meeting in between the second and the third periods in which everyone says passionately where they’re from. This is to be followed by a speech from an old veteran, who opens a box and gives the team new uniforms. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Have a few team members go out on the town with the local mob and convince them to bet heavily on the Habs. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Have your leading scorer make some benign comments about the other teams’ starting goalie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Cover the blades of the Capitals’ skates with clear Hockey tape right before they get dressed, and then play the ‘Benny Hill’ theme song when they come out to the ice for the pre game warm up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Expose the roster to a liiiittle bit of Gamma Radiation, then get them pissed off. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Win game one. If that happens Bruce Boudreau will be fired, Ovechkin will bolt to Russia...and we’ve got ourselves a sweep!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Play better than them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Douse Ovechkin’s Hockey pants in superglue, he’s bound to sit at some point .....right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Inform Bruce Boudreau that he’s late for a commercial taping...in Japan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Avoid mentioning what occurred the last time the Habs won a playoff series around any of the players.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the most effective method of all: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Trade for Lecavalier.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-8902284003113315107?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/8902284003113315107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/04/how-habs-can-upset-capitals.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/8902284003113315107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/8902284003113315107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/04/how-habs-can-upset-capitals.html' title='How The Habs Can Upset The Capitals'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-7600799947652520164</id><published>2010-04-06T14:00:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-06T14:03:28.893-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Things Carey Price has Learned/Noticed while riding the Bench</title><content type='html'>Things Carey Price has Learned/Noticed while riding the Bench&lt;br /&gt;It’s no secret that Jaroslav Halak has won the starting job from Carey Price. While Jaro spends his days making Pierre Gauthier’s job a living hell, Carey has been riding more pine than a horny lumberjack. It can get to be pretty boring sitting down and doing nothing for games on end, so Carey did us a favour and put a list together of things he’s noticed/learned while being glued to the bench these past few weeks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- The Bell Centre scoreboard is slightly bigger than the TV I have in my apartment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Apparently Jaro can’t tell the difference between Regular Gatorade and Human Gatorade.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Kirk Muller’s hair has exactly 38 different shades in it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Jacques Martin has no style.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- This guy named Jean Beliveau has awesome seats, I wonder why?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Pierre McGuire’s head is way too small for his body; he looks like that guy from ‘Men In Black’&lt;br /&gt;after Tommy Lee Jones blew his head off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- They say celebrities go to Kings games in LA but the only one I saw was Jay Leno, and he’s not a celebrity anymore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- As far as I know, Youppi is not a real animal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- The Energie Cardio people keep singing the wrong words to that song. It drives me crazy every time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Polo on ice would not catch on in North America. Hahaha Horse skates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- It must cost the Molson Brothers a fortune to pay the salaries for 21,273 coaches for every home game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Opposing teams’ back up goalies do not like to partake in cross-rink staring contests.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- I invented a new game. Every time Maxime Lapierre fights I donate 1 Million dollars to Haiti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Don’t try to throw a white sheet over you and walk around the Bell Centre pretending to be a ‘Forum Ghost’. Everyone will know it’s you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- The Refs don’t like it when I sneak in to their locker room before the game and turn their Mics on when they’re not looking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- They ALSO don’t like it when I bring my own whistle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Eating at 3 Amigos before the game is a terrible idea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- I think it’s weird how nobody noticed that they misspelled ‘Gainey’ on his retirement banner....probably not on purpose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And his most insightful thought of all...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Why don’t they sell Poutine at the Bell Centre? I feel like that would sell huge.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-7600799947652520164?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/7600799947652520164/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/04/things-carey-price-has-learnednoticed.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/7600799947652520164'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/7600799947652520164'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/04/things-carey-price-has-learnednoticed.html' title='Things Carey Price has Learned/Noticed while riding the Bench'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-5698887272459456100</id><published>2010-03-24T23:18:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-24T23:22:58.855-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I would have paid attention but...</title><content type='html'>The Habs were so pre-occupied with the fact that they were up 2-0 on the Sabres with fewer than 5 minutes left that most of them lost focus on the game and started dealing with other endeavours. The result of course led to Sabres comeback and to another frustrating Habs loss.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We asked the Habs players to finish this sentence:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‘I would have paid attention to the last 5 minutes, overtime, and shootout of tonight’s game, but I was too busy....’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; .....looking at the vein on Lindy Ruff’s forehead...it was mesmerizing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jaroslav Halak:&lt;/span&gt; .....trying to get the lighter that I was holding under my Carey Price voodoo doll to work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Ryan O’Byrne:&lt;/span&gt; ....sitting in the penalty box, apparently hitting someone in the face with your stick is illegal. Hogwash.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Maxime Lapierre:&lt;/span&gt; ...laughing my ass off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; ...tweeting about how we won after my triumphant return!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Dominic Moore: &lt;/span&gt;...trying to get away from Pierre McGuire...he kept calling me a Monster.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Hal Gill:&lt;/span&gt; Break-Dancing in front of the net.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Carey Price:&lt;/span&gt; ...thinking about what new apparel I was going to show off during my next start.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/span&gt; ...calling Travis Moen and telling him the score....he was in stitches! ...Too soon?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Andrei Kostitsyn:&lt;/span&gt; ...score two goals, I do enough.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;M.A. Bergeron:&lt;/span&gt; ...preventing myself from shitting my pants on account of the fact that I still have a job with an NHL team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; ...texting my agent telling him that I’m for sure staying in Montreal. I sent him a different text 15 minutes later....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Benoit Pouliot:&lt;/span&gt; ....not being Guillaume Latendresse....that should be enough for you people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Sabres fans in the HSBC Arena:&lt;/span&gt; ...waking up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Sergei Kostitsyn: &lt;/span&gt;I no understyand Kvestion.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-5698887272459456100?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/5698887272459456100/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/03/i-would-have-paid-attention-but.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/5698887272459456100'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/5698887272459456100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/03/i-would-have-paid-attention-but.html' title='I would have paid attention but...'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-6810202607971311817</id><published>2010-03-18T23:26:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-03-18T23:32:14.551-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Please Believe!</title><content type='html'>After the Olympics, I made a joke about Gionta, Cammalleri and Gomez going to a recording studio with Nikki Yanofski to record a Habs playoff push song called&lt;br /&gt;Please Believe’. A few people asked me to write lyrics...and yes I always listen to what people on twitter tell me to do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So here’s a behind the scenes look at the recording between the 3 superstars, and Scott Gomez.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please don’t sue me Nikki.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It works if you listen to the song at the same time as you read it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Link to real song- &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrCA0HK-yO0"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrCA0HK-yO0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Please Believe!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We cut in to the recording studio in which Mike Cammalleri, Brian Gionta, Scott Gomez, and Nikki Yanofski have just finished rehearsing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; How was that guys?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Gionta:&lt;/span&gt; I don’t know Mike...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; What was wrong with it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Gomez:&lt;/span&gt; You should more singing and less monotonous crying.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; I get nervous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nikki:&lt;/span&gt; How much am I making for this again?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Gomez:&lt;/span&gt; Probably not more than I’m making- want to compare pay checks?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nikki:&lt;/span&gt; Let’s just start from the top!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Music begins to play*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nikki:&lt;/span&gt; There comes a moment,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where the city feels so alone,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On this lonely path of parity,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ever since Roy found a new home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Gionta:&lt;/span&gt; Sometimes when I’m skating down the ice,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I see the d-men coming up,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can’t help but thiiiiiink....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’m really smaaaaaall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But hey I make five mill,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Chorus*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Please believe! We can make playooooffffs,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I mean come on we’re ahead by Seven pooooiiiintssss&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please Believe! We’ll make the playoooofffs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please Believe, or I think I might cryyyyy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pierre Gauthier’s voice: I traded a second round pick for Dominic Moore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Second Verse*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nikki:&lt;/span&gt; Fans have been waiting, for this moment since ‘05&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To make the playoffs and get in deep enough,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For Lapierre’s beard to come to liiiiiiiife&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; In the Bell Centre there will be no doubt,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The fans; in drones they’ll come out,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And Embrace me to beeee the dude who wears the Ceeeee!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No nothing can stop me!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Chorus*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Gionta and Gomez: &lt;/span&gt;Please Believe! We can make the playoffs!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We swear O'Byrne won't score an own gooooal,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please Believe! We’ll make the playoffs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please believe or Gauthier might diiiiiiieeee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nikki:&lt;/span&gt; Please BELIEVE! They’ll make the playoffs!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fatendresse will not weigh them down!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PLEASE BELIEVE! They’ll make the playoffs!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please believe or elseee Plecaneeeeeeekkkkk&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Hockey players sing chorus in high pitched voices in background*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nikki:&lt;/span&gt; Will wave goodbye!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;......&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pleeekkkkkkyyyyyyy will  waAaAaaaAaAave goodbyyyyyeeeee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gomez, Gionta, Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Please Believe! Once we’re in I promise that&lt;br /&gt;we’ll....tryyyyyyyy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dead Silence follows the end of the recording.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Gionta:&lt;/span&gt; How did we do?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; I don’t think that was half bad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gomez:&lt;/span&gt; 6 wins in a row, and a hit single? Nice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nikki:&lt;/span&gt; Honestly?...I need to get a new agent.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-6810202607971311817?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/6810202607971311817/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/03/please-believe.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/6810202607971311817'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/6810202607971311817'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/03/please-believe.html' title='Please Believe!'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-339887406354010043</id><published>2010-03-07T14:04:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-07T14:38:31.381-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Top ten ways the Non-Olympian Habs spent their Olympic Break.</title><content type='html'>A few weeks ago the world was watching the best of the best compete at the Olympic Games in Vancouver. As usual the marquee event was the Men's Ice Hockey tournament. While a select few of the Montreal Canadiens were chosen to represent their countries at the games, a good chunk was left with 2 weeks of free time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are the:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Top ten ways the Non-Olympian Habs spent their Olympic Break.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;10.&lt;/span&gt; Maxime Lapierre and Guillaume Latendresse re-united for a trip to Las Vegas. Things went sour when the duo hit the club scene when Latendresse took home 2 girls and Lapierre was left alone. It is evident that Lapierre still has no idea how to score. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;9.&lt;/span&gt; Carey Price was in B.C. along with fellow B.C. native Ryan O’Byrne and Josh Gorges. Instead of participating in the festivities of the games the trio went hunting, fishing, and camping. The trip was a bust however; because Gorges has no shot, Price can’t catch anything, and O’Byrne is flat out scared of the dark. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;8.&lt;/span&gt; Scott Gomez spent his two weeks in France sprucing up on his French. He got pretty good at it but when he returned to Quebec and tried conversing with the locals he found himself worse off than he was with no knowledge of the language. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;7.&lt;/span&gt; New Canadien Dominic Moore spent his time getting acquainted with the city of Montreal. He loves the city, but is reported to be ‘day to day’ after he asked for a menu at ‘Cosmos’.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;6.&lt;/span&gt; Matt D’Agostini spent the better part of the two weeks in seclusion with his agent. Together they prepared a contract proposal and a detailed plan of action to direct Matt in the right direction to enable him to succeed with the team. After D’Agostini presented his hour long proposal to his new GM he left the office fuming, yelling ‘who the #%$@ is Aaron Palushaj?!?!’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;5.&lt;/span&gt; Benoit Pouliot and Glen Metropolit ‘TPed’ Brian Burke’s office.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;4.&lt;/span&gt; Brian Gionta worked hard with a team of scientists to try and find out a way to transplant his brain into a larger body. They were unsuccessful in their attempts, and to make matters worse Gionta got home to discover that his wife forgot to record ‘24’ on the Tivo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;3.&lt;/span&gt; Roman Hamrlik and Jaroslav Spacek set to work on creating a tiny eastern European nation so that they could participate in the 2014 Olympics. Qualifications for citizenship? You have to be over 40.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;2.&lt;/span&gt; Jacques Martin worked on ways to better improve defensive strategies with his peers. After a good 2-3 hours of planning he logged off of ‘World of Warcraft’ and went to work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the number one way the Non-Olympian Habs spent their Olympic Break:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;1.&lt;/span&gt; Mike Cammalleri started a twitter account.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-339887406354010043?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/339887406354010043/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/03/top-ten-ways-non-olympian-habs-spent.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/339887406354010043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/339887406354010043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/03/top-ten-ways-non-olympian-habs-spent.html' title='Top ten ways the Non-Olympian Habs spent their Olympic Break.'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-2073378448399777861</id><published>2010-03-01T14:35:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-01T14:40:16.740-05:00</updated><title type='text'>P.K.'s Journal</title><content type='html'>Hi, I’m P.K. Subban, Hockey player, all around good guy, and avid steak enthusiast. In case you don’t know much about me, I play for the Montreal Canadiens organization. I was drafted 43rd overall in the 2007 entry draft which should mean that there were 42 people who were deemed better than me by NHL scouts …but after my 2 game NHL performance I think we can greatly reduce that number don’t you?&lt;br /&gt;I don’t mean to brag…but I’m pretty sure I’m awesome. I’m also pretty sure I have the all time record for Habs Jersey sales as of right now, and I don’t mean for a new player…I mean ever. Move over Gino Odjick. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You might think I’m cocky, but as the saying goes ‘it ain’t bragging if it’s true!’ and you bet your ass that it’s true baby, it’s damn true.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyways…I know that I got sent down to Hamilton (which blows...I don’t get how people do it, once I got a taste of the high life in the NHL coming back to diesel land is almost unbearable. I swear if it wasn’t for me being better than everyone I would be legit pissed off.) but I along with everyone in the world knows it’s just to play games while the best players in the world are at the Olympics. I’m pretty sure I’ll get the call to come back up soon…I mean why not right? I was electric, I was physical, and I was everything the players, fans and coaching staff want, nay NEED in a defenseman. I brought something to the table that hasn’t been seen in Montreal since Mike Komisarek was called up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did I just hit a nerve? Get over it. There’s no whining in Hockey…except if your names happens to be Sidney Crosby. (note: this was written before the Gold Medal Game, carry on)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So the reason I’m reaching out to you, my adoring fans, is because I was so excited about my call up that I decided to jot down every detail in what I like to call:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE LIFE AND TIMES OF P.K. SUBBAN: MY CALL UP TO THE CANADIENS AKA MY ARRIVAL AKA MY TIME HAS COME AKA GET YOUR KLEENEX OUT MONTREAL SPORTS MEDIA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;February 11th 2010-11:00 AM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Arrived in Cleveland for Bulldogs game against the Lake Erie Monsters, Coach Boucher (or as we call him, Captain Blood) pulls me aside and lets me know that I’ve been called up. Best part about that is that I get to leave Cleveland. This place smells like shame and Drew Carey.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;February 11th 2010 11:03 AM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Coach Boucher announces the Call Up to the team, they give me a little clap and a &lt;br /&gt;few whistles, which made me rummage around my bag for my ‘Applause’ sign…then and only then was my ovation appropriate. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;February 11th 2010- 11:11 AM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Made a wish because it’s 11:11, my wish? That I would get called up to the Canadiens. Hey look it came true! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;February 11th 2010-11:45 AM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just got off the phone with my family in the hotel room they couldn’t be happier but my Dad told me not to let my head get too big…yeah right dad like that’s possible.&lt;br /&gt;During conversation, roommate Max Pacioretty was too quiet, I might have heard a sniffle or two muffled by the pillow he was holding over his head…wonder why?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;February 11th 2010-12:32 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Coach Boucher gives me my flight information and per diem for Montreal. Per Diem? I’m a rookie in Montreal playing for the Habs I don’t think I’ll have to pay for anything ever again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;February 11th 2010- 3:03 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My cab arrives to take me to the Cleveland airport, some teammates turn up to send me off. Most of them give me some advice including Yannick Weber, who shook my hand and told me to break a leg. I laughed at the joke but he clenched my hand and stared at me menacingly. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;February 11th 2010- 3:52 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Arrived at airport and made my way through the usual lines. I can’t wait until I’m in Montreal and am recognized by everyone everywhere. Lines? Please! I’m PK Subban.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;February 11th 2010 5:31 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the plane! Not first class, but I’m in the bulkhead! This is the life. Flight attendant didn’t recognize me, but I gave her a rookie card and she gave me a free coke. That’s how it’s done.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;February 11th 2010 9:12 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Arrived at hotel in Philadelphia to meet up with team, Coach Martin gave me my rooming assignment: fellow defenceman Ryan O’Byrne. It’s late but some players are hanging out in the hotel bar, I walk in and say hi to my new teammates, they’re pretty nice! Scott Gomez tells me I have to learn French, Hal Gill tells me that Montreal is serious and they nitpick over everything and that if I don’t play well I’ll be traded. I had to resist asking him why he was still on the team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I ask them if they  want to prank some players but they all say they’re tired and head to their rooms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;February 11th 2010 9:16 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nobody wants to have fun so I head up to my room. I walked in to find an old man walking out of the shower buck naked, he looked at me and asked if I was here for turn down. I bolted out of the room to find half the team cracking up in the hallway.&lt;br /&gt;Nobody pranks PK and gets away with it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;February 11th 2010 10:03 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tired of thinking of things to write about for this journal, Ryan O’Byrne is nice but it turns out he doesn’t like it when you mention his own goal against the Islanders. He’s been in the bathroom for about 15 minutes now. I’m sorry Ryan, but man what a bonehead play.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;February 12th 2010 8 AM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My big day! I could be playing in my first NHL game today. Markov and Gorges are on the bubble.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speaking of Gorges, He got hit in the head with a puck against Washington and is walking around like nothing happened. Either he’s superhuman or Mike Green is a pussy and has no shot, not sure which one to go with yet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;February 12th 2010 10:07 AM&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About to head on the ice for the morning skate, a few guys ask me why I chose 76 as my number. I tell them it’s because 76 is the amount of times their moms called out my name when I was in bed with them last night. They were not amused. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;February 12th 2010 11:13 AM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Morning skate was great! Much different than in Hamilton, down there the coach actually makes us work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;February 12th 2010 4:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After a nice lunch and a good nap we arrived at the Wachovia Center for our game against the Flyers. The arena is nice, but the pictures of various Flyers delivering crushing hits to opposing players in the visitors’ locker room aren’t very feng shui.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;February 12th 2010 5:15 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About to go out for pre game skate, we were delayed a few minutes when half the team started freaking out because someone put ‘fertilizer’ in their skates. NOBODY pranks PK and gets away with it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;February 12th 2010 5:45 PM &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Got the word from Coach Martin, PK Is in the line up! Markov is out, Gorges is superhuman, and I need to call Mike Green and apologize. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;February 12th 2010 6:07 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Game on! I’m sitting next to Hal Gill who will be my defensive partner for the evening.  Coach Muller told me to put away to note pad and focus on the game, I told him to stop highlighting his hair because he looks like an old toothbrush. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;February 12 2010 7:00 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My first NHL period is in the books! I Didn’t play much but I feel as if I left my mark when I was on the ice. I need to do a spin-a-rama before the game ends…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;February 12th 2010 7:23 PM &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just did a spin-a-rama! I Drew a penalty in the same shift because I actually move my feet in the offensive zone. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;February 12 2010 7:45 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;End of the 2nd period. We’re down 3-0. Daniel Carcillo is a crazy person.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear rest of team, useful tip: play well, love PK.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;February 12th 2010 8:09 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Point per game? I think so. I Just recorded my first NHL point. You’re welcome Dominic Moore; you can pay me back later. I take Cash, Card, and Check but I’ll need to see ID for the latter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;February 12th 2010 8:15 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sitting in the penalty box, took a penalty for tripping…which is BS because all I did was put my stick between his skates and pull. Jesus!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;February 12th 2010 8:21 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just told Scott Hartnell to get a haircut. I wonder how many NHL players have told him that during scrums after the whistle. Note to self, start team pool about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;February 12th 2010 8:33 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Game over, we lost 3-2. Team seems kind of down but I had a great time! The NHL is pretty awesome; the games are faster, the hitting is harder, and the crazies are crazier (Daniel Carcillo, certified nutjob)!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;February 12th 2010 10:45 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the airport with the team, getting ready to board for Montreal where I’m sure my adoring fans will be waiting for me upon my arrival! What a few days it’s been! I could get used to travelling by plane instead of by bus…even if I have to sit next to Maxime Lapierre I can’t understand a word that dude says.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’m hoping to be a mainstay on the team for sure, and I’m expecting a call from Steve Yzerman telling me I’m replacing one of their D-Men on the Olympic team. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can’t wait to play in the Olympics!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Later Fans!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-2073378448399777861?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/2073378448399777861/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/03/pks-journal.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/2073378448399777861'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/2073378448399777861'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/03/pks-journal.html' title='P.K.&apos;s Journal'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-8141380989317038002</id><published>2010-02-10T22:28:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-10T22:31:34.973-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Habs Laughs Exclusive! Cammy's Poem</title><content type='html'>We had the privilege of hearing a bit of Mike Cammalleri's poem that he prepared for the final ceremony of the Captain...well HL contacted Cammalleri and got the full copy. Here it is for your enjoyment. He entitled it:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;An ode to Cammalleri (I am not egotistical I swear)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Playing for the Habs is really really fun&lt;br /&gt;You can be a fan if you’re 5 or 81!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We play in Montreal, and that is really cool&lt;br /&gt;I’m glad that Komisarek is gone, that guy seems like a tool.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I came from Calgary, that’s out west&lt;br /&gt;They said with Iginla I was at my best.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I started off strong, and kept up that trend&lt;br /&gt;I’ll have 40 goals by season’s end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have a wicked shot, and I know that&lt;br /&gt;Shooting from one knee is really phat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’m loved by the media, In English and French&lt;br /&gt;I don’t speak the latter, but its ok I’m a mench.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If I may say so, I have crazy good looks&lt;br /&gt;I’m also really fast, I draw ALL the hooks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The fans are so passionate, the history is the reason&lt;br /&gt;I’ll do my best not to give them another bad season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I fight you in practice if you don’t show passion&lt;br /&gt;Ill shove and shove until you start passin’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hurt my knee against Ottawa, what a blow to the team&lt;br /&gt;I’m pretty irreplaceable...something that rhymes with team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have something to say, about the whole goalie thing&lt;br /&gt;If they really want it, I could be third string.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’m good on my feet and I have sick reflexes&lt;br /&gt;I’ll stack up my pads like triple duplexes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’m serious about this, I can go in nets&lt;br /&gt;I spoke to Martin about it, I’m sure he’ll have no regrets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I’m done being goalie I guess I’ll wear the C&lt;br /&gt;I have no problem with it, I’ll take on the responsibility&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have the looks, the charm, the ability to lead&lt;br /&gt;And can assure that I only smoke a little bit of weed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So that brings my awesome poem to an end&lt;br /&gt;Come on Jacques make me captain...I’ll be your best friend!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-8141380989317038002?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/8141380989317038002/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/02/habs-laughs-exclusive-cammys-poem.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/8141380989317038002'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/8141380989317038002'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/02/habs-laughs-exclusive-cammys-poem.html' title='Habs Laughs Exclusive! Cammy&apos;s Poem'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-3558758508312195624</id><published>2010-02-08T17:29:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-08T18:58:48.556-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Captain-Part Three</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin: &lt;/span&gt; Hello and Bonjour everyone and welcome to the season finale urm I mean final day of our quest to find a captain for the Montreal Canadiens. As you know, we started with the entire team, and whittled down the field to ten finalists. I believe that any of these ten could be an effective Captain and each have the qualities necessary to lead this team. If you’re wondering what qualities Carey Price brings to the table…well then you would be in the same boat as me, I only brought him in because I lost a bet with Molson…long story. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me introduce you to each of our finalists.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*As Martin introduces each player we cut to a talking head of said player*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/span&gt; Why should I be captain? I’ll give you 8 Million reasons why.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/span&gt; I may be small, but what I lack in height I make up for in hard work, perseverance, effort, work ethic, goatees, a desire to work hard, trying, working hard, playing bigger than my size, being tough, being really good at trying hard and last but not least....trying to work hard being good at persevering.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Hal Gill:&lt;/span&gt; C is da third letter of the alphabet. *smiles*…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Roman Hamrlik:&lt;/span&gt; I don’t get Hammertime. What is Hammertime? Why do people tell me to stop Hammertime whenever I score a goal? If I get the captaincy I will ban Hammertime from vocabulary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Andrei Markov:&lt;/span&gt; I no really want Captaincy, I just be quiet whole time ok?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Carey Price:&lt;/span&gt;  If I get the…… captaincy I would probably have to make….. an entirely new….. mask design that…… incorporates…the theme….of being a captain….onto the mask. *gasps for air*  I’m looking…forward….to designing it….it would give me….something to do….on the bench….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Josh Gorges:&lt;/span&gt; I’m not a big talker, but I did write something up for this occasion. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*picks up paper*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ask not what your captain can do for you, ask what you can do for your captain.&lt;br /&gt;Pretty slick eh?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maxime Lapierre:&lt;/span&gt; Hi tink it’s pretty obvious as to why Hi should be captain…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’m French….in case you were wondering.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; Turtlenecks for everyone! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just kidding…or am I?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yeah I’m kidding….&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;or am I?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hahahaha…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No. No I’m not kidding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Travis Moen:&lt;/span&gt; Yeah I’ve been in the public eye before…what…you mean you never saw my guest spot on Corner Gas? Come on! I won a Prairie Emmy for ‘most outstanding sport/musician/person from other tv show guest spot on a half hour show with a kind of hot girl as the female lead.' It’s a very exclusive category.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; I just want to take this time to say that I would love to be…hey…hey where are you going? Don’t get up I’m not finished! I didn’t get to say anything. If you leave this room I’m going to flip out! Come on guys! I was only joking! I don’t even know how to flip! I didn’t even get to read my poem! It has rhyming couplets! Guys?....guys? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They let Darche read HIS poem when he got called up *pouts*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Over the past few days we’ve been putting them in different situations and evaluating them based on a certain level of criteria, I won’t bore you with the details because it would be like watching the Devils play the Wild...but we have made our decision and will inform the players…right now!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*The camera pans out to reveal the ten finalists standing in a line facing Martin, Muller and Pearn.*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Finalists! Over the past few days we’ve had some fun! We went to Disney World to see how you can let loose and be one of the guys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Cuts to the finalists at Disney World*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Hal Gill:&lt;/span&gt; MICKEYYYY!!! OH MY GOD IT’S MICKEY!!!! WAVE TO ME MICKEY, WAVE TO ME!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Mickey waves*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hal Gill:&lt;/span&gt; HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Disney Worker:&lt;/span&gt; I’m sorry but you have to be *this* tall to ride the ride.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Brian Gionta, Scott Gomez, Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Awwwwwww&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; Better luck next time guys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Disney Worker:&lt;/span&gt; You too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; Awww&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carey Price:&lt;/span&gt; Guys….does anyone else….see that….giant cricket?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Roman Hamrlik:&lt;/span&gt; …uh yeah…he’s from Pinocchio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Carey Price:&lt;/span&gt; Phew! Wow…for a second there… I thought that…hooo boy…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/span&gt; Hey Carey I was going to ask you…I thought they only served cheese pizza here…why was yours Mushroom?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maxime Lapierre:&lt;/span&gt; Hi don’t understand…you say you’re from France, but you don’t speak French.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Belle:&lt;/span&gt; Look I’m just an actress. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Maxime Lapierre:&lt;/span&gt; Je t’aime&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Belle:&lt;/span&gt; What?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maxime Lapierre:&lt;/span&gt; Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Travis Moen:&lt;/span&gt; I swear it was Johnny Depp!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Josh Gorges:&lt;/span&gt; It’s a Johnny Depp robot man…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Travis Moen:&lt;/span&gt; Well I’ll be…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*present day*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; And then there was the talent show.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Cuts to talent show*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Ok Brian, what have you got for us!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/span&gt; Ok, I know this is might sound weird to you but I have power of invisibility. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Um…ok…go ahead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/span&gt; Ok, I need everyone to close their eyes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*everyone closes their eyes*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/span&gt; Ok now open them!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Everyone opens their eyes…Brian Gionta is nowhere to be seen!*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/span&gt; Brian? Oh my god BRIAN!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Everyone look down, maybe he just got shorter!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Travis Moen:&lt;/span&gt; WITCH!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roman Hamrlik:&lt;/span&gt; I once saw a gipsy do the same thing…but when I opened my eyes my wallet was gone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Guys, seriously…Hal can you move over please?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Hal Gill takes a step to the side, behind him is a slouching Brian Gionta.*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/span&gt; Phooey&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Next up...Max?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Maxime Lapierre:&lt;/span&gt; I have de secrret for perfect ‘air.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Wow that’s big...what is it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Maxime Lapierre:&lt;/span&gt;  All you ‘ave to do his never work hup a sweat!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; ...I’m not even going to dignify that with a response.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike you’re up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Mike Cammalleri begins juggling on his knees*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; We already know you’re good on your knees Mike...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carey Price:&lt;/span&gt; Like your MOOOOMMM! Right guys?!?!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Another game on the bench for you Carey.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*cuts to present day*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; And as you know we’ve been keeping tabs on you during the games we’ve played.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Cuts to game action, Martin talk to players on the bench*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; OK Hal, let’s look at what you just did there. Instead of using the puck’s momentum to sweep it around the boards…you stopped the puck and waited for the defender to come to you…then you lost the puck.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Hal Gill:&lt;/span&gt; Yes…yes I did that. Should I have done something different?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Well yeah.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Hal Gill:&lt;/span&gt; Oh I thought you WANTED me to give up the puck.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Sweet Jeebus&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/span&gt; Anything I could have done better there coach?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; You could have been a foot taller...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/span&gt; What?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Nothing!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Man I’m thirsty...I could use a water.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kirk Muller:&lt;/span&gt; I can grab it for you boss.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; No I need you here, I’ll get someone who isn’t doing anything to get it for me....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HEY CAREY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; That was perfect, keep it up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roman Hamrlik and Josh Gorges:&lt;/span&gt; I know.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Hahahaha, Oh you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*cuts to present day*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; After all of that...we’ve finally made a decision. To be honest, there was a time when I wasn’t convinced that we should name a captain...but in the end one of you stepped up big and really showed us what you’re made of.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Before we continue...can I say something?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacues Martin:&lt;/span&gt;...Sure Mike.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Playing for the Habs is really really fun&lt;br /&gt;You can be a fan if you’re 5 or 81!&lt;br /&gt;We play in Montreal, and that’s is really cool&lt;br /&gt;I’m glad that Komisarek is gone, that guy seems like a tool.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; MIKE, NO POEMS!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; But-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; No ‘Buts’! I want to announce the captaincy before Grey’s Anatomy starts...I mean before it gets too late!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammaller:&lt;/span&gt; Oh of course coach...how silly of me...also nice tie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Now as I said...the decision was difficult...all of you portray the necessary traits...but in the end it came down to one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The new Captain of the Montreal Canadiens IS......&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Will Mike Cammalleri get to finish his poem?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Will Carey Price ever awake from his half slumber?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Will Maxime Lapierre ever fight? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Will Josh Gorges ever make a defensive zone mistake?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Will Brian Gionta and Scott Gomez finally cut the chord and get their own apartments?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who will be the Canadiens Captain?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All of the questions will be answered....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;RIGHT NOW&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, No, Hell No, Never, I hope so, Mike Cammalleri.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-3558758508312195624?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/3558758508312195624/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/02/captain-part-three.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/3558758508312195624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/3558758508312195624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/02/captain-part-three.html' title='The Captain-Part Three'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-2011002059031766555</id><published>2010-01-31T15:02:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-01T17:35:41.975-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Captain-Part Two</title><content type='html'>The last time we saw our beloved Canadiens they found out that management would be conducting a rigorous search for the team’s next Captain. A few days have passed and the players have had time to think about their chances throughout the competition. While it’s obvious that some have more than others (EG: Brian Gionta 85% chance of becoming Captain and Ryan O’Byrne 0% chance) every single player that has played a game for the Habs this season returned to the rink to face whatever challenges await them. (If Hal Gill is reading this; Yes, skating backwards is mandatory)&lt;br /&gt;We cut right to the rink with all of the players lined up at the red line facing them are Jacques Martin, Kirk Muller, and Perry Pearn. Most of the players look as nervous as Mike Komisarek at an All Star Game, but some look cool and collected. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Welcome back all of you. First off I want to say that we’re not going to talk about the game on Saturday afternoon...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Kirk Muller:&lt;/span&gt; Great point Jacques.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; And that we’re going to out it behind us, find a leader, and go on from there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Kirk Muller:&lt;/span&gt; I agree 100%.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; No we all know why we’re here....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Kirk Muller:&lt;/span&gt; Again, great comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; And that is to find the one who will be our next Captain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Kirk Muller:&lt;/span&gt; I couldn’t have said it better myself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Kirk, please...I’m trying to run something here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Kirk Muller:&lt;/span&gt; I know and let me just take this opportunity to say that you’re doing an amazing job...*Glory Days doo doo dooo doo  doo doo doooo* Oh hold on my phone is ringing. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He puts his finger to his hear in which his trademark earpiece with that little wire hanging down is resting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kirk Muller:&lt;/span&gt; Hello?..Oh Hi Honey.....I told you not to call me when I’m working....I’m very important....Assistant coach....Yes assistant....I don’t know....I don’t know I’m working on it.....Ummm I guess I’ll have a club sandwich and a black cherry...ok fine a diet black cherry....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Kirk!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Kirk Muller:&lt;/span&gt; look I’m in the middle of something...I’ll call you later...No I don’t want to say it...come on I’m working...ok fine I’m your little eleven...Love you too Mom. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; I...I don’t even want to know what you do when you’re not here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Anonymous:&lt;/span&gt; Did you just say Mom?!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone turns to look at who just spoke, to their surprise it is Mike Cammalleri!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Mike!?!? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Yes?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone is staring at him, mouths wide open in shock. Cammalleri is standing there...totally fine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Caaaaan I help the next customer?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; I’m sorry it’s just that the last time I saw you...you were in a cast and using crutches. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt;....So?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/span&gt; I don’t think legs are supposed to bend the way your leg bent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hal Gill:&lt;/span&gt; Yeah! uhh Dey usually bend like this! *Bends leg normally*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Ryan O’Byrne:&lt;/span&gt; Duhh everyone knows dat already Hal!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Hal Gill:&lt;/span&gt; I know Ryyyyaaaann but I’m Just Making sure dey all know what da situation is...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Ryan O’Byrne:&lt;/span&gt; Oh yaaaa?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Hal Gill:&lt;/span&gt; Yaaaaaa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Ryan O’Byrne:&lt;/span&gt; Want to...fight about it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Hal Gill:&lt;/span&gt; Mommmyyyyyy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Paul Mara:&lt;/span&gt; For the last time...It’s pronounced Mara...now both of you shut up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hall Gill and Ryan O’Byrne:&lt;/span&gt; Yes Mommy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Pal Mara:&lt;/span&gt; MARA!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Who does Bob draft? Goodness gracious...Mike! Are you telling me that that awkward fall, the one which resulted in you needing assistance to leave the ice, the one where we had to book an MRI for, the one in which all of us thought you were done for the year...has left little to no affect on your knee? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Don’t look surprised. I’m Mike Cammalleri. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/span&gt; It’s like your Superman or something.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; hahahaha no no...Superman has weaknesses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Well in any regard I’m happy that you’re ok and that you’re with us today. Moving on....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before we finally get started, I just want to address something that---&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Sergei Kostitsyn:&lt;/span&gt; You trade me?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; No...but it has something to do with that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Sergei Kostitsyn:&lt;/span&gt; Why not?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Look, all of you. I know many of you have heard about the moves the Leafs have made. That they have acquired and gotten rid of many key players...but Bob has told me to assure you that he has faith in your ability to win and will NOT be making any moves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Matt D’Agostini, Max Pacioretty, Ryan White, Tom Pyatt, Yannick Weber, Ben Maxwell, Maxime Lapierre Jaroslav Halak:&lt;/span&gt; AWWWWWWWWWWW&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maxime Lapierre:&lt;/span&gt; But I want so badlee to go to Minneee and be with my lover Gimmauve!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi ‘ave asked for the trade but Boob&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carey Price:&lt;/span&gt; hehe...Boob.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Maxime Lapierre:&lt;/span&gt; But ‘e just won’t move me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Sorry Max but he won’t be making any more deals this season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/span&gt; Did Bell discontinue his phone and internet service again? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt;...I wouldn’t know anything about that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ANYWAYS back to business. We’re here to name the next captain. Now as you know I asked all of you to fill in these *holds up papers* questionnaires. It was just a way for us to get into your heads a little bit...and needless to say the results were...interesting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Cuts to last night, Martin, Muller, Pear, and Groulx are huddled around a table reading the questionnaires.*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; AHAHAHAHA Oh man, some of these answers are just off the wall. Listen to what Gorges put down for strengths ‘result of best trade Gainey has ever made.’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kirk Muller:&lt;/span&gt; That’s nothing, for ‘Where do you see yourself in 5 years’ Gomez put ‘playing for the  Montreal Canadiens’.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Pierre Groulx&lt;/span&gt;: Get this: Weaknesses for Carey Price...’Glove Side’ No shit!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Perry Pearn:&lt;/span&gt; I think I have the winner here- Sergei Kostitsyn ‘What’s the best part about being a Montreal Canadien’ He wrote , literally. ‘It better dan steenkee Hemeelton” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;All:&lt;/span&gt; HAHAHAHAHA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Hoo boy...well we’ve got some work to do boys...we need to narrow this down to about...6 or 7 guys for the second round..I mean...phase of our selection process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Cuts back to present day*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Now we’re going to be using these to help us make our decisions, but a lot of what we do today is going to be factored in as well. We’ve broken you up into groups, each group is going to go to a different coach who will be stationed around the rink and will rota throughout the day. You’ll find that each station will test the abilities you need to be the captain of the Montreal Canadiens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pearn will be at the ‘Media and Communications’ station.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Muller will be at the ‘Hockey Basics and Skills’ station.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I will be at the ‘On and Off Ice leadership station’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Break into your groups please.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They break into their groups and skate to different spots on the ice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Group One: Gionta, Pacioretty, Gomez, Gill, O’Byrne, Price, Moen, Mara, Metropilit, Gorges, Wyman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Group Two: Plekanec, White, Pyatt, Halak, Spacek, D’Agostini, S. Kostitsyn, Darche, Maxwell, Carle, Markov.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Group Three: Pouliot, Lapierre, Desharnais, Hamrlik, Weber, Cammalleri, A. Kostitsyn, Spacek, Belle, Stewart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*If I forgot anyone, he wasn’t invited.*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Ok head out to your stations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We cut in to scenes from each session.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Group 1:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Station 1- Media and Communications&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perry Pearn:&lt;/span&gt; Ok welcome to the Media and Communications station, it is here that we’ll get a gauge of how well you would handle the media and communications aspect of being the Captain of this team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/span&gt; I already learned French, what more do I need to know?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Maxime Lapierre:&lt;/span&gt; Esti...You did not learn Francais.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Scott Gomez: &lt;/span&gt;I totally did. Re-guard: Bon Jure. Je Maple Scott Gomez. Been Venue. Seel voo plait. Mercy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Maxime Lapierre:&lt;/span&gt;Ay yi yi yi....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Max Pacioretty:&lt;/span&gt; I’m really good looking, does that count for anything? I’m good in front of the cameras.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paul Mara:&lt;/span&gt; I can grow my beard at will. That should count for something right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ryan O’Byrne:&lt;/span&gt; Mommy has a thick thick beard!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Hal Gill:&lt;/span&gt; It’s so fuzzy....fuzzyyyy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Paul Mara:&lt;/span&gt; Don’t make me send you two to time out—I mean stop calling me that!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Josh Gorges:&lt;/span&gt; I really think I have a good report with the media. They seem to like what I have to say.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/span&gt; Oooo goody goody Gorges, they have a word for you in French. It’s called Defenseueure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Josh Gorges:&lt;/span&gt; That makes sense...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/span&gt; Damn right it does. You got served got served a big hot plate of Alaskan King Crab. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Josh Gorges:&lt;/span&gt; Wow you really have no grasp of the language do you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/span&gt; I’ll grasp you if you don’t stop!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Carey Price:&lt;/span&gt; That’s what she said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Station 2-Hockey Basics and Skills.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Kirk Muller:&lt;/span&gt; Ok welcome to station 2, the Hockey basics and skills section. Let’s start off with some passing drills.&lt;br /&gt;The players pair up and start passing back and forth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Glen Metropolit&lt;/span&gt;: I love passing, in fact I love it so much that I ask my General Managers to pass me from team to team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Travis Moen:&lt;/span&gt; You ask to be traded and waived?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Paul Mara:&lt;/span&gt; Easy Travis...let him dream.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Hal Gill:&lt;/span&gt; I’ve never done this before...this could be so useful in a game!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;J.T. Wyman:&lt;/span&gt; Why do I have to be stuck with Gomez? I thought I already got Hazed?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/span&gt; Too aim sa wee?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Station 3-On and Off Ice Leadership&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Welcome to Station 3, this is more of a role playing station to test your leadership skills.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Okay, Josh and Maxime I want you to pretend to fight and then...Travis will come in and try to break up diplomatically.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Maxime Lapierre:&lt;/span&gt; I don’t fight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;JT Wyman:&lt;/span&gt; I’ll step in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Who are you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Group 2:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Station 1- Media and Communications&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perry Pearn:&lt;/span&gt; I don’t care what Patrick Roy taught you Jaro...it’s not a good idea to say you’re never going to play a game for Montreal again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jaroslav Halak:&lt;/span&gt; But it worked out well for him!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Sergei Kostitsyn:&lt;/span&gt; Qvestion. If eye want trade. What best way? I try and try, but notheeng happen!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; I don’t know...I called myself a little girl and that didn’t even work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Sergei Kostitsyn:&lt;/span&gt; Why does fat Guillaume get trade? Why does chimmichanga get trade? Why no Sergei?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Matt D’Agostini:&lt;/span&gt; I don’t see why you want to get traded...Montreal rules.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sergei Kostitsyn:&lt;/span&gt; Shut up D’Agostini Martini Bikini...I no want slep chap.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Andrei Markov:&lt;/span&gt; I hav question Perry. What do you do when you just want to play hockey and not be questioned by the media? I love sport but all the media is so distracting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jaroslav Spacek:&lt;/span&gt; Sign in Atlanta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Station 2-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hockey Basics and Skills:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;MAB:&lt;/span&gt; And that’s how you take a slap shot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Kirk Muller:&lt;/span&gt; Ok now can you show us to...take a wrist shot?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;MAB:&lt;/span&gt; A what?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Station 3- On and Off Ice Leadership&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mathieu Darche:&lt;/span&gt; Anyways I just want you to know...I’m sorry I took your spot on the roster, but if you give it your all and try really hard I’m sure you can make it back up here one day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Matt D’Agostini:&lt;/span&gt; You’re right...I forgive you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*everyone claps*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; That’s great...can we start the roleplay now?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Group 3-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Station 1- Media and Communications&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; You know...we just try to leave it all out on the ice...it’s a great atmosphere in the building and we really try to feed off the energy of the crowd....I think that helped us a lot going into the third. Ya we got a bad bounce on their first goal but we really came together as a team to overcome that and Gio got a big goal late in the second to tie it...and we just took off from there.....ok thanks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pearry Pearn:&lt;/span&gt; THAT is how you conduct a post game interview.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Andrei Kostitsyn:&lt;/span&gt; TEACH ME WISE ONE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Station 2- Hockey Basics and Skills.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/span&gt; Ok, now what you’re going to want to do is get really low to the ground when you come into the corner so that when the defender comes at you he should hit the boards instead of hitting you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Benoit Pouliot:&lt;/span&gt; But what do you do if you’re taller than 5’9.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/span&gt; I wouldn’t know Benoit...I wouldn’t know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Andrei Kostitsyn:&lt;/span&gt; What you talk of? Boards? I just shoot puck in net. I just got to net and try to put puck in net.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greg Stewart:&lt;/span&gt; Coach Muller? What do you do if you have no hockey skill? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Kirk Muller:&lt;/span&gt; Good question. I’m going to tell you the same thing Gainey told Patrice &lt;br /&gt;Brisebois –Retire before you embarrass yourself...but we’ll offer you a contract anyways...for some reason. I don’t know why Bob told him that last part.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greg Stewart:&lt;/span&gt;....Noted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Station 3-On and Off Ice Leadership&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt;  Ok Mike let’s hear it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Cammalleri: &lt;/span&gt;hear what?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Your speech about how you’re the perfect candidate, who knows all about leadership and all that stuff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; I have no speech. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/span&gt; *Puts a hand to Cammalleri’s forehead* No fever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Andrei Kostitsyn:&lt;/span&gt; Mike...MIKE!? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; ...yeah? What’s the problem here...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Roman Hamrlik:&lt;/span&gt; Are you ok? You seem...different...almost as if you’re playing in a role that you shouldn’t be playing in because it’s outside of your age and skill limitations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Guys I think he’s legitimate here...look we’re running late on time...let’s meet in the middle *blows whistle*.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Cammalleri goes up to Benoit Pouliot who slips him a 100 dollar bill.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Told you I could hold out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The coaches are standing in front of the team again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Ok I’ve had a chance to evaluate you all, and now we’re going to skim the field a bit. What I have here are A’s, normally given out to the Alternate Captains. If you receive a rose, I mean A...you make it to the next round of selection.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The players look nervous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; When I call your name, step forward and get an A. For those of you who don’t get one...no hard feelings we just decided to go in a different direction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scott Gomez.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brian Gionta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hal Gill.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Cammalleri: WHAT!?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jacques Martin: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roman Hamrlik.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carey Price...for the Luongo aspect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Josh Gorges.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maxime Lapierre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tomas Plekanec.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Travis Moen.&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; I’m actually going to bust a nut.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; And Mike Cammalleri.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt;....Oh thank god....thank the lord...I almost puked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Those of you who received As, you’ll be contacted soon with more information...thank you all for coming out today!&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Carey Price:&lt;/span&gt; hehehe Boob.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-2011002059031766555?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/2011002059031766555/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/01/captain-part-two.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/2011002059031766555'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/2011002059031766555'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/01/captain-part-two.html' title='The Captain-Part Two'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-5667516772841272463</id><published>2010-01-27T17:00:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-27T17:13:57.987-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Captain-Part One</title><content type='html'>“I've never been captain in 16 years in the NHL. But that didn't stop me being a leader in my own way."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Guy Lafleur&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh Guy...if that’s not a sugar coated way to say ‘I was never captain, but I still have a shit load of points so it doesn’t matter....but it actually does matter because Captains are the most respected people in the game and my ego really needs that title...but I’m going to pretend that I don’t care by saying that I was a leader in other ways’ then I don’t know what is. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aside from the games that the team plays, the biggest story surrounding the Canadiens this year has been the lack of a team Captain. Some say we needed one on October 1st, others say we need to be patient.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recently Jacques Martin made the decision to look for a Captain to lead the Montreal Canadiens into the post season (whether they’ll be playing on ice or on grass is not relevant). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Being the Captain in Montreal is a harder job than being Gary Bettman’s tailor (He’s that weird height in between adult and child...how do you clothe that man?) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have to deal with the media, the fans, the media, the media, Scott Gomez, and the media...hard!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How will he choose?  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He could just name one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He could put it to a player vote.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Orrrrrr he could have a ‘bachelor’ type competition. Yah let’s go with that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE CAPTAIN- Part One.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The scene opens to show the famous rink of the Bell Centre in Montreal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On it is every single player to have played for the Montreal Canadiens in the 2009-2010 season(except for Guimauve and BGL) Jacques Martin, Kirk Muller and Perry Pearn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The players are skating around the rink with the coaches in the center ice circle. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They are casually talking amongst themselves, we casually pan in to some of their conversations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The team is in high spirits after playing back to back games against New Jersey and New York and winning both in fine fashion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt;  What a weekend boys, huge wins eh?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Benoit Pouliot:&lt;/span&gt; I know I feel like we’re going to build off of this win.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/span&gt; It felt so good to burn the old teams.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; I wish I knew what that felt like...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Benoit Pouilot:&lt;/span&gt; You could always get traded and then play us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; HAHAHAHAHA....wait really?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Benoit Pouilot:&lt;/span&gt; Well around here...seems like all you have to do is play poorly for two consecutive years, get scratched a few times while still making full salary, say some harsh yet vague comments to the media...and you’ll be out before you know it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; I don’t have a problem with all of that except that play poorly part...I don’t think I could do that if I tried.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/span&gt; Plus that seems like a lot of work just to try and get a win against your former team. Why not just wait until L.A. or Calgary roams around on the schedule again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; That would take too long. Benny, tell me more about this trade plan...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Sergei Kostitsyn:&lt;/span&gt; ...And zat is how eye lend up in Hemeelton.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Andrei Markov:&lt;/span&gt; You could always haf just tried hard and worked to get back up to the team...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Sergei Kostitsyn:&lt;/span&gt; Da, but some funny man named Bertrand Raymond pay me moneys to throw heesee feet so he could write story in paper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;----&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; Hey Hal...How’s the air up there?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*skates away*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Hal Gill:&lt;/span&gt; Umm...cold?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Josh Gorges:&lt;/span&gt; Man you are slow...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hal Gil:&lt;/span&gt; What?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Matt D’Agostini:&lt;/span&gt; I hope the coach is watching me, I really need to be back up here, I can’t stand Hamilton anymore I’m going to go crazy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Max Pacioretty:&lt;/span&gt; At least you get to come back after 2 weeks...I have no expiration date. Do you know how hard it is to pick up a girl when you smell like Diesel fuel? Even the strippers cost me double!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;David Desharnais:&lt;/span&gt; At least you guys have played up there for a while...I played one game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ryan White:&lt;/span&gt; At least you got to play a whole game...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;---&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The whistle blows and the players converge at center ice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; Alright good skate les boys, now there is something else I wanted to talk to you about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Glen Metropolit:&lt;/span&gt; Pension plan?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; No it’s-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Travis Moen:&lt;/span&gt; The Habs rodeo is canceled?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt;  No...it’s abou-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carey Price:&lt;/span&gt; Oh thank god.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt; If we’re finished!....Thank you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to talk to you about the selection of our Captain. I feel as if we’ve put it off long enough and it’s time to make the selection.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; SHUT UP!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/span&gt; Shotgun!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Nuh uh...you’re not in view of the captaincy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/span&gt; How can you view a Captaincy?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scott Gomez: &lt;/span&gt;Just look at me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Carey Price:&lt;/span&gt; Pwned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jacques Martin:&lt;/span&gt;  Anyways! Over the next few weeks we’ll be getting to know you in different situations...to get a feel for who you are as a person. There will be eliminations, challenges, and at the end of it all we’ll select the winner...I mean Captain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That’s all for today, we’ll start first thing tomorrow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jacques and the coaches skate off the ice leaving the players there to think about the task at hand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt;  wow...a chance to be captain...*stares off into distance....again*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/span&gt; Hello? Mike? *waves hand in front of his face*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; Just leave him...he’ll snap out of it eventually...you can slap him if you want it’s really fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;MAB:&lt;/span&gt; Did someone say Slap shot? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Everyone:&lt;/span&gt; Oh Bergy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-5667516772841272463?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/5667516772841272463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/01/captain-part-one.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/5667516772841272463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/5667516772841272463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/01/captain-part-one.html' title='The Captain-Part One'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-3997193996474248785</id><published>2010-01-24T20:14:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-29T15:40:19.116-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Who wants to be a first liner?</title><content type='html'>The scene opens in the Montreal Canadiens dressing room in the Bell Centre. The familiar sounds of players fraternizing and equipment shuffling are not present, instead there is a rather cool silence that fills the air. In the center of the room is a long table, with two empty chairs behind it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A tall man with slicked back hair enters the room and stands in front of the table. He smiles and clears his throat before speaking. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Joel Bouchard:&lt;/span&gt; Bonjour! Hi ham Joelle Bouchard hand hi ham your ‘ost for dis &lt;br /&gt;hevening!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bienvenue au WHO WANTS TO BE A FIRST LINER!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Has you may know your Canadiens du Montreal ‘ave been witout hay first liner since Andrei Kostitsyn got ‘urt hagainst de Panters hon New Years heve. Ce soir we har going to ‘ave hauditions to determine de new first liner who will play wit Mike Cammalleri et Tomas Plekanec!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ét maintenant, Accueillons your judges pour ce soir....MIKE CAMMALLERI ET TOMAS PLEKANEC!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The bridge from Coldplay’s fix you plays as Mike Cammalleri and Tomas Plekanec walk into the room and sit down at the table.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Joelle Bouchard:&lt;/span&gt; Bienvenue judges, har you ready to choose your new winger?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Yeah we’re ready...but what was that first word you said?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Joelle Bouchard:&lt;/span&gt; Bienvenue?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Yeah that one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joel Bouchard:&lt;/span&gt; Hit means welcome, hor you’re welcome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Oh sweet I learnt a new French word, I love the culture here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plekanec rolls his eyes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Joelle Bouchard:&lt;/span&gt; Maudit....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hanyways! Nous sommes prêt Le-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Cammalleri: &lt;/span&gt;More French...I love this city.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; We get it...you want to be captain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; *blushes*What? Th-that’s hilarious...wh-where would you get an idea like that? I mean I wouldn’t turn it down if it was offered to me...but I’m not going to go out there and say that I want to be captain for the greatest sports franchise in the world who’s history is only matched by the overall success of the franchise, and at this time more than ever it needs  a leader who not only is charismatic and good looking *winks* but who also scores *winks* passes *winks* and is really really really ridiculously good looking *winks three times*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; Wouldn’t want to do that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; No, like I said, classless. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Joelle Bouchard:&lt;/span&gt; Hanyways! Hif you har bote ready we can get started! Your prospective winger will come and present temselves to you hand at de end you will decide on who you wish to play on de top line wit you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; Sounds good Joelle, send in the first one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The door opens and in walks Sergei Kostistyn, he has a grin on his face and is limping a little bit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Sergei Kostitsyn:&lt;/span&gt; Hyello. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; Hey Sergei, welcome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Aren’t you hurt?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Sergei Kostitsyn:&lt;/span&gt; Feerst of all, eye love your toortleneck Tomas, and Mikey, I like your spinny goal against Dyallas, very pretty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; Oh thanks I got it on sale at....wait a minute, none of that now...you remind me of Brian Burke when he tried to convince me to hold out on a contract in June.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Man that goal was sweet wasn’t it? *he stares off into the distance*&lt;br /&gt;Plekanec kicks him under the table.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Right right...well Sergei...what do you have for us?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Sergei Kostitsyn:&lt;/span&gt; Wyell my brother was on top line.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There’s a pause.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sergei looks happy with himself, he doesn’t appear to have anything else to say.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Is that all?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sergei Kostitsyn:&lt;/span&gt; No difference...One Kostitsyn other Kostitsyn...we same. Easy for fans and others to make transition. And if I no get job I weel call agent and be traded. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; Nothing about your ability, your strengths? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Sergei Kostitsyn:&lt;/span&gt; Eye very strong, one time I lift whole Ox over head in old country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Wow really?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; Seriously Mike?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Do you have any video footage of this Ox lift?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Sergei Kostitsyn:&lt;/span&gt; Veedeo? What is veedeo?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; Okay Okay, thanks for coming in Sergei it’s been great we’ll call you soon and let you know...NEXT!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sergei limps out of the room.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; I think he has a great shot, I love his edgy-ness...I feel safe with him around...like he's not going to bail if things don't go his way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tomas Plecanek:&lt;/span&gt; Let's just see the others before we decide on anything.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri: &lt;/span&gt;He lifted an Ox over his head!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; NEXT!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The door opens and Maxime Lapierre walks in. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cammalleri’s immediately tries to jump over the table to get at Lapierre but not before Plekanec grabs him and pins him to the table.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lapierre smirks and begins to shadow box, he stands behind Joelle Bouchard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Maxime Lapierre:&lt;/span&gt; Old me back old me back! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bouchard just stands there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Maxime Lapierre:&lt;/span&gt; Cammy hif Bouchard wasn’t ere I would tear you apart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Joel Bouchard: &lt;/span&gt;Why don’t you just go ‘it ‘im.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Maxime Lapierre:&lt;/span&gt; *Whispers* Mon dieux Joelle, you know I don’t fight, my face is too pretty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plekanec calms down Cammalleri he begrudgingly resumes his spot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Sorry I don’t know what came over me, I’m just so damn passionate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Maxime Lapierre:&lt;/span&gt; Hit’s ok, better for you...I probably would have beat you hup hanyways.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Ok we’ll give you the job if you come up here and punch me in the face right now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He stands up and turns his cheek to Lapierre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Come on Yappy, hit me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maxime Lapierre:&lt;/span&gt; You tink I won’t hit you? Because Hi will!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt;  Come on Maxie, top line minutes, all you gotta do is fight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lapierre cocks his fist back holds it there for a moment. After a few seconds he &lt;br /&gt;begins to sweat, then shake and eventually collapses within himself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri and Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; *pointing* AAAAHHHHH&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maxime sulks out of the room; audible sobs can be heard coming from the hallway as the door is closed behind him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; What a bitch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; NEXT!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In walks Marc Andre Bergeron.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec and Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; NEXT!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;MAB:&lt;/span&gt; Oh come on! Max got to talk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; Just...No...security?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A random security guard, who looks a lot like Gregory Stewart grabs MAB and escorts him from the room.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;MAB:&lt;/span&gt; But I have a great slap shot....and I have the shoulder fake! That thing is impossible to read-*Door Slams*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; This is getting tiresome...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Ok who’s next...says here we were supposed to audition Matt D’Agostini and Max Pacioretty...but they had to cancel last minute.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; Really? How come?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; I don’t know I was looking at the letter ‘C’ in different fonts when Martin told me...something about a Bulldog and diesel fuel. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; You know we have a word for people like you in the Czech Republic...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; No way really? Can you teach it to me? I love learning about other cultures! Also I-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; Nevermind nevermind...NEXT!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In walks Carey Price&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; Umm...are you sure you’re in the right place?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Carey Price:&lt;/span&gt; Yeah...this.....is the....auditions....for the...first line.....right? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Right...but you’re a goalie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Carey Price:&lt;/span&gt;............bingo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; I don’t get how you don’t get how this is a problem for us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Carey Price:&lt;/span&gt; Well....with Jaro playing so well....I just thought....I can play up front and......get some good minutes.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; What do you think Tom? It would for sure turn some heads.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; How are you even considering this? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; What? He’s big, he has good reflexes, he’s a competitor, he steps up when we need him and doesn’t fold in pressure situations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; Are we talking about the same person?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Who are you talking about?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; Carey Price!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Ohhhh I thought you were talking about Mike Cammalleri.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; What? Why would I...? That’s you....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; I know, that guy’s awesome...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; Jesus Christ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Carey Price:&lt;/span&gt; Yes?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; Wow......Bob better give me some big coin...look Carey this isn’t going to work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Carey Price:&lt;/span&gt;.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; Oh for crying out loud...not again....CAREY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Carey Price: &lt;/span&gt; GNN...HWAH!? Oh......sorry....I dozed off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; NEXT!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In walks Benoit Pouliot, Brian Gionta and Scott Gomez. They look pissed off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plekanec looks a little flushed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Oh hey guys! I knew this was going to happen....Look we’re only looking for one winger here...and I know you guys have like zero chemistry so I know one of you guys wants to come up and play with the big boys....we’ll just talk amongst ourselves while you decide.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So Pleky, Who’s your favourite? The new guy, the new guy, or the really new guy?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; You’re new too...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; I am not the one on trial here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The three cut in before Cammalleri can continue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/span&gt; Look Mike...we came here...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/span&gt; ....to tell you how we feel...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Benoit Pouliot:&lt;/span&gt; ....about this whole first line...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;All three:&lt;/span&gt; Situation...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; this is weird...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; .....I’m feeling afraid....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/span&gt; We know that...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/span&gt; ....you had a lot of success....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Benoit Pouliot:&lt;/span&gt;.....earlier in the year...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/span&gt;....but now it’s time to realize....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/span&gt; ....that we are the new top line....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Benoit Pouliot:&lt;/span&gt; ....and to just accept that fact....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;All three:&lt;/span&gt; With no hard feelings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Oh come on! Ohhh We have chemistry....ohhh we’re so slick and stuff and finish each others....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*awkward pause*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Not helping Pleky.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; Sorry what? Oh....my B.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Look look...Pleky and I have awesome chemistry...watch, say the first thing that comes to mind right...now!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Tomas Plekanec:&lt;/span&gt; Dog &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; Jumanji! Awwwwwww&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Brian Gionta:&lt;/span&gt; ...It's not that big of a deal...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Scott Gomez:&lt;/span&gt; ....after all it's just a number...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Benoit Pouliot:&lt;/span&gt; ....so don't sweat it....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The three leave the room, but now before giving the two line mates stern looks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Joel Bouchard:&lt;/span&gt; Well der you ‘ave it folks! Hit looks like we ‘ave a whole new top line! Sorry Cammy et Pleky...but you’ll have to continue your search for a new line mate hon your hown. For Les Canadiens du Montreal Hi ham Joelle Bouchard...good night!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mike Cammalleri:&lt;/span&gt; What the frick just happened here.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-3997193996474248785?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/3997193996474248785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/01/who-wants-to-be-first-liner.html#comment-form' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/3997193996474248785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/3997193996474248785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/01/who-wants-to-be-first-liner.html' title='Who wants to be a first liner?'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234445774355446184.post-3405777891254065092</id><published>2010-01-19T16:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-20T00:46:09.208-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I know what Gainey did last Summer, Fall and Winter.</title><content type='html'>For me, this blog has been a long time coming...but we’ve already enjoyed/endured  so much Habs this season...it seems unfair to just jump right into what I have planned...so it’s time to play catch up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here’s a time line of what went on and what you may have missed since the Habs got ousted by the Bruins last spring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;April 23rd 2009:&lt;/span&gt; After getting eliminated by the Bruins in the playoffs, Bob Gainey realizes that he has a ridiculous amount of pending UFAs and wonders why he didn’t try and sign them sooner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;June 1st 2009:&lt;/span&gt; Jacques Martin is introduced as the new head coach of the Montreal Canadiens. Among a lot of jibber jabber about his new system and respect for the team...he hints that his system will take a long time to learn and for fans to not expect results right away. The Media assures him that there is no pressure and that he should take his time after a short pregnant pause they collectively howl in laughter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;June 11th 2009:&lt;/span&gt; Penguins beat Red Wings in game 7 of Stanley Cup Final, Hal Gill dreams of a big pay raise. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 26th 2009:&lt;/span&gt; Habs select Louis Leblanc and give Habs fans tons of material to use in years to come in regards to the players the Habs passed on. Eg: ‘Man, in 2009 we passed on blank imagine if we picked him instead of Leblanc!’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 29th 2009:&lt;/span&gt; Bob Gainey brings up his team roster on his computer and hits ‘ctrl alt delete’ &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 30th 2009: &lt;/span&gt;THE trade goes down! Christopher stone hands, one of our highly touted defensive prospects in the college system that needs time to brew, and the reverse defector head to NYR in return for Taylor Pyatt’s brother (who knew he had one?) and former Calder trophy winner, Stanley Cup Champion, and multi millionaire Scott Gomez. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gainey speaks to the media and answers all of their questions at once by saying that he knows Gomez isn’t Vincent Lecavalier, but the Lightning wanted the right to Komisarek, and we can’t afford to give him up...even for Vinny.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 1st 2009:&lt;/span&gt; Bob Gainey swears for the first time in 25 years. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Also on July 1st 2009: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Habs fans rejoice at the signing of Brian Gionta.&lt;br /&gt;Habs fans freak out at the signing of Mike Cammalleri.&lt;br /&gt;Habs fans throw up about the signing of Hal Gill.&lt;br /&gt;Habs fans have no reaction to the signing of Jaroslav Spacek.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;July 10th 2009:&lt;/span&gt; Paul Mara and Travis Moen sign with the Habs, Max Pacioretty and Ryan O’Byrne both burst into tears. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 30th 2009:&lt;/span&gt; Habs fans everywhere anticipate how their new team will fair, they’re all optimistic, if they can stay healthy they might have a chance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;October 1st 2009:&lt;/span&gt; Entire island of Montreal let’s out a collective ‘eff’.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;November 8th 2009: &lt;/span&gt;Carey Price and Jaroslav Halak have been battling for the number one spot since the start of the season. When asked about this Carey Price diverts the question and promptly puts on all 87 of his new masks in succession, with a detailed commentary about each one. Meanwhile, Halak is on the phone with his agent, asking him why he doesn’t have cool masks like Carey. Halak’s agent signs up for twitter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;November 23rd 2009:&lt;/span&gt; The pride and joy of the French Canadian media Guillaume Latendresse is traded to Minnesota for a guy they can learn to love; Benoit Pouilot. Jacques Demers cries, Bertrand Raymond punches a hole in a wall, and RDS changes Canadiens Expresse to ‘Guillaume Expresse”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;December 4th 2009: &lt;/span&gt;Habs centennial game is a huge success for all except Bob Gainey...who failed to sign lucrative Free Agents when they were right under his nose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;January 1st 2010:&lt;/span&gt; Team Burke-SA announces the Men’s Ice Hockey roster for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver omitting Habs forwards Gionta and Gomez. Gionta regrets not signing with the Leafs now more than ever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Present day: &lt;/span&gt; You all realize that this blog is amazing and want to keep reading for years to come.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Until next time...keep laughing.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234445774355446184-3405777891254065092?l=habslaughs.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/feeds/3405777891254065092/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/01/i-know-what-gainey-did-last-summer-fall.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/3405777891254065092'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234445774355446184/posts/default/3405777891254065092'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://habslaughs.blogspot.com/2010/01/i-know-what-gainey-did-last-summer-fall.html' title='I know what Gainey did last Summer, Fall and Winter.'/><author><name>Habs Laughs</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JbehuZ5KpEQ/S1Xfo5Bnu8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/vAlzCwWFsYI/S220/habslaughs.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
