French Collection

Nice move by Sam.

I've lived with both systems and still bounce around. Metric has taken over my weather language. Just don't ask me to convert the numbers, I'll ballpark it. 100 degrees is hot!! What I like about metric is zero is the freezing point.

I think Reinhart cantering Kane may be a good fit once Sam has his own gig. Bogo channeling King Kong Korab with the physical play.

Ullmark gives me a better vibe than Johnson.

When they finally bust out," The Boys Are Back In Town" by Thin Lizzy.

Showing as much skin as the modern day ice girls.

After playing hard through the tanking Tyler deserves some support and a chance to turn his game around. Reunite him with Zemgus and Moulson.

He rubbed me the wrong way with that refusal. I thought it was because he thought he was too big a star for that small, French speaking market. Keep in mind he also refused to report to Sault Ste Marie in the OHL. His family didn't want their baby in the wilderness. Gretzky went to the Soo. I admired his play, awesome force. Hated his selfish attitude.

I heard Lindros bought an Island on Kipawa. Makes me laugh that he would have property in Quebec. I think his wife is from Montreal.

I thought Mongrain was from Quebec, never seen the name around here.

Wow, Dokis. That's a pretty, out of the way place. I'm on Lake Nipissing that feeds the French River into Georgian Bay. I don't know where Lake Baptiste is, I'll Google it. Northern Ontario has some beautiful scenery, the shores of Lake Superior between the Soo and Thunder Bay is rugged and awesome. There are warts here too, but I wouldn't leave because I'm not comfortable in cities.

I've been to Peterborough but not for a game. Nice city, lots of hockey history. Met Steve Larmer recently, had a nice chat. Majority of my games have been in North Bay and Sudbury. I've attended games in Ottawa, Sault Ste Marie, Kitchener and Barrie. North Bay is my team and has a good atmosphere. Sudbury had an 50's era arena and a stuffed wolf they run out on a clothesline after a goal. Hokey but it's their tradition. Their team has sucked for awhile though. A skate on the canal before a 67's game is a cool thing to do. Have a beaver tail (pastry) at one of the many canal rest stops.

Get a nice looking, clean motel. Lots of dives around.

Lots of fond memories flooding in from the 70's. I watch hockey almost every night (not many complete games, lots of channel surfing) and catch 90% of Sabres games. I listen to the stats talk but prefer to just watch great players, great plays and some good commentary. I also read quite a bit of hockey information and I don't skip the stats stuff. I don't go looking for it either. I may attend one NHL game a year, but get to 20 OHL games. I watch my son practice 2-3 times per week and play games most weekends. 23 games, year to date for his team. Hockey is a big part of our lives and the stats are a small part of my hockey experience. I'm glad someone is compiling them and explains it to me, but I can live without them.

5-8 cups of black tea every work day. About half of that on weekends. Hot summer weather I have Iced Tea and some Mountain Dew. Quit coffee about 12 years ago.

Big win. We were outshot but won the board battles. Reinhart with a solid 200 foot game. O'Reilly's mentoring this kid. Linus was good. Linus Rasmus Marcus Zemgus Ennis Nicholas Gorges Leafs can kiss my a##.

Babcock is a good coach but I lost all respect for him when he signs with the Leafs and says he likes to win. Wins most zeros after a digit contest at his local bank.

I like Sam too. He'll always play second fiddle to Jack, but he was our first Tank baby.

Marleau is a good player but he was unable to lead a really good team to any playoff success. Roenick threw him under the bus in the media. JR is a loudmouth but there could be some truth to his accusations. Besides, Marleau is 36. Maybe put him on a line with Gio and Matty Mo. The Geezer Gang.

Guys like Matt Cooke and Raffi Torres can shorten a career. League needs to continue to hand out suspensions for the cheap shots. Having a nuclear deterrent doesn't stop those kinds of players.

Zemgus is also a surprise. Not sure if he has regressed or just can't find his spot. He was Nolan's favourite and played top line for a while. I thought he'd be our Swiss Army Knife but he isn't finding any role.

Ullmark. He was supposed to be out longer and was slated for the AHL. He is winning games for us already.

Rocket Richard coached the Nordiques in the WHA and lasted 1game. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=4550

It's an old boys club that is recycling guys all of the time. New guys come through the junior ranks and have old boy contacts. My experience is that the journeymen tend to make better coaches and Canada is full of grinders. My first point is the main reason for Canadian coaches. Richard, Howe, Hull, Orr, Lafleur, Perreault, Gretzky, Lemieux were great but could not explain and teach the fire in the belly and creativity required for greatness. They probably cannot understand why the average guy can't see the game like they did. The plumbers relied on tactics and can teach this.

Leg wand was a #2 overall pick. 2 breakaways missed.