Stoner

I think so. Of course Robert and Martin were long gone TaroT will know the line combos and iterations. (Relax, big fella, I'm trying to compliment your steel trap of a mind.)

You can't pause toast. It loses its essenceness and possibly its essensa.

That was Sabre-y. I don't get why Craig Ramsay basically took himself out of the faceoff just as the linesman was about to drop the puck. A lot of things there that will never be understood.

I'm rubbing off on you.

Whose Malenstyn?

Arooooouuund behind the net and Bobby O has his second consecutive shutout!

Adding to my list of SSers not to be trifled with... 1. Ogre 2. matter 3. Scotty

Great nickname for brutal, head hunting defenseman: the Pillow Guy.

Farmers Markets. Always seems like a good idea on a Saturday morning.

Listen to the PA guy adding some zest to Habs' names, then a little organ accompaniment. Respect. Fun. (Munreal scared the hell out of me even in 1983.) Then they just left the moment alone and let the fans take over. The few seconds it took to get it wound up would, today, be plastered with music and Make Some Nooooliiiiise. Sorry, kids, some things were better then.

Not Uncle Miltie. Interesting. A young Gurtler?

Lindy Ruff stole the puck from Raymond Bourque!

I put in an application and haven't heard back.

That's a good non sequitur there.

At the Masters they are patrons.

You said member.

That is so much more eloquent than my post about the fourth line. Well done.

Cough losing at home cough

10 of 15 at home after the Europe trip, before they go out West. Lindy et al. MUST figure out the home issues immediately.

No. They hired an NHL coach weeks ago.

That's the fun of it and why I chafe against timelines.

That's bliss right there.

A cohesive fourth line playing a certain style that Lindy envisions could have an outsized impact on things. Their play could wear down the opponent and ripple through the rest of the lines. On the surface it's smart. Zucker is fine. Reimer is possibly a big move bc Levi probably isn't ready. KA is willing to block a prospect. That's a pretty big change. Lindy. All in all these are modest steps toward some return to normalcy. If KA can do more, it could become time to get geuinely excited. Sports is replete with examples of teams that regressed one year then jumped leaps and bounds. You'd have to have a youngin or two or three really pop, but that happens, too. The players we crave might already be here, about to shed their skin. Cherries on top might wait for @Taro T suspected timeline to make a real push. I'm not clinically depressed. I'll be at the home opener for sure.

Little by little this is starting to look like an NHL franchise again.