megaboy, rightjustify, glider, blinxy, rightjustify, mae

lots of nice people I haven't really played with or against but that's not the thread purpose

skeez

Bold predictions:
- Florida is going to make top 4 in playoffs
- Blues will barely make playoffs and begin their spiral down--I think this offseason just stopped their window of opportunity
- Montreal will be irrelevant in a couple of years if price tones down even a little bit (probably not bold, seems obvious)
- Devils will make a surprise run in playoffs, possibly a la Brodeur 2012 playoffs?
- Toronto will kill their playoff devils and make the second round

i focused a lot on eastern, I think this offseason is where the east will rise above the west and that the metro division will be the new dominant division

As a montreal fan, it hit me hard losing Subban but I know that overall the play will probably keep us okay for a few seasons. The downsides (besides the fact that he promised and will still honour a longterm donation of $10 million to montreal charity, hospital I think) being his huge public image will hurt the fanbase hard for a while, the slightly lessened PP (weber is very good at the PP as well but subban MADE goals even though weber can score them) and you have the franchise skater gone just like that. Weber is good short term, but he's signed for 10 years on his contract. That's not good in the long run, and subban would've been better since he's getting into peak form.

That long run is the problem, though. Montreal's window is closing; with weber aging and price having a few years tops of being the best goaltender on the planet, they need to do something NOW. There isn't much of a future for montreal past that unless gallagher and galchenyuk can turn into superstars. I like the Shaw pickup, though. That was good.

The Hall trade was ridiculous, though. You just lost someone developing into a superstar, an olympic player (for canada no less) and your franchise player who would've done HUGE work with mcdavid for years to come for a good defensive prospect. Absolute LARSONy. Ha.

also even as a montreal fan I would've loved to see stamkos in toronto, would've helped the franchise in more ways than one but the tax hit up here compared to american teams would've made that really hard

P.S. Fairly certain based on old incidents and whatnot that subban had issues with the management, specifically therrien. Seriously, why is he not out yet (and bergevin at this point)? One could say that Price has saved him his job hardcore, but it's impossible to ignore how awfully you've coached a pretty alright team. Even without price, the team is solid enough to make playoffs.

someone paid my open fees so I wouldn't risk the pending thing again but now it's pending again, so after about a week I can play in open or IM

I'd still love to play

friends keep saying stamkos going to the red wings or toronto hahahahAHAHAHAHAHAHA

if detroit got it then they're legit going to continue their playoff streak for another half decade or so

bump, team is NOW dead and this time for good

rip appel and decent dudes what a week for me, up for anything in the first post

Datsyuk finally hanging up his NHL skates :(

not a day I really wanted to see coming, but I'd imagine wings fans would be even more bummed out. arguably and, imo, the best hands the game has ever seen

uh, I paid up for two of my teammates and it's apparently pending for up to 3-5 days? and I can't repay with another form of payment? what am I supposed to do =\

team died, would still really like to play demo in IM as I think I'm an IM demo but I honestly wouldn't mind playing any class at a decent level so long as the team is chill @_@

waiting for kessel's day with the cup when it's filled with cheeseburgers, been waiting for this all playoffs long

I really wish I was there to donate blood or help in any way. This is one of those things you'll never forget about, and you'll know exactly where you were and what you were doing when it happened for the rest of my life. I know I live in Canada, but stuff like this makes me terrified for my life especially given all of the shit that happened lately.

50. 50 human beings. Just unbelievable.

almost time for the stanley cup to be filled with cheeseburgers

I don't like pittsburgh much but kessel raising the cup would be the best thing ever

man I love explicitly not posting on the forums for anything but hockey and some minor stuff so I don't attract attention and then getting my name thrown out to the dogs again, thanks a lot saam/whoever made it

the past couple of years unfortunately something about my body lowered my tolerance and made me really upset when I drank some domestic stuff, but I still love a lot of different beers. used to be a scotch drinker but university changed that for obvious reasons

-some craft beers, of which there are so many different kinds in a university-based city like guelph (pumphouse from moncton is a favourite)
-some kentish ale friends brought from somewhere
-most hoppy drinks, haven't had a lot of them lately though
-in terms of domestic beers, corona is pretty solid and doesn't upset my stomach
-imported stuff like stella artois, hein, stuff like that

bitters are probably my favourite out of everything though and they've never agitated my stomach