We probably shouldn’t make fun of the Leafs. I mean, they are a good team, for sure. Their only problem is defense goaltending officiating. I know it’s true because it’s all Leafs fans will talk about.
Focusing on Leafs games, how do you feel about officiating the last 3 games?
— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) January 15, 2023
Marner got a penalty because Lindholm toe-picked pic.twitter.com/9UaL3hagVK
— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) January 15, 2023
Anyway, we all know that the Leafs lost on Saturday night because the Bruins got all the calls to go their way and the away team bore the brunt of the officials ire. Except…
Only one power play resulted in a goal and that was the first Toronto goal. Both teams had equal penalty minutes and while there may have been missed calls, as there are in every game, it didn’t affect the outcome. The better team won, so suck it Leafs fans.
The game was a good one though. I cancelled my plans to stay in and watch. I surely wouldn’t do that for a non-rivalry game. And honestly, we need the Leafs to be good so that games between these two teams remain exciting and fun. Yeah, Boston won by one goal (4-3) but that was similar to the last time they met in Toronto (2-1).
During or after the game, the Bruins announced that they extended Pavel Zacha to a 4 year deal at an AAV of $4.75M per.
Some postgame news for you.
The #NHLBruins have signed Pavel Zacha to a four-year contract extension.
📰: https://t.co/lzZMiSeiLm pic.twitter.com/Ov4vGBOMzE
— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) January 15, 2023
THat’s good because it means it;’s the final piece Sweeney needed to work on before committing to Pasta long-term. On Hockey Night in Canada, insider Elliotte Friedman stated that there has been progress on a deal. JP Barry, Pasta’s agent, said there’s still work to do.
Just following up on @FriedgeHNIC report last night, Pastrnak agent JP Barry wrote in text to Herald that the two sides are having regular discussions but still work to do. “We have made progress from a month ago it is fair to say.” FWIW. Sweeney decline comment on talks on Sat.
— steve conroy (@conroyherald) January 15, 2023
Today is the huge manatee game between the Flyers and Bruins at 1pm/ 7pm. I betcha can’t wait.
Bs up 1-0… stay hungry, boys. 60 minutes, please.
Easy to let down when up vs the downtrodden.
Wow, Bruins should’ve had a 4-min PP, and end up with a 2-min PK. Ack.
But, i thought the Bruins get ALL the calls….
Zacha seems to be happy with his new deal.
yup.
Wow! Quota!
gas man came today! the bill s reduced by nearly 50%! Woo hoo! Wood stove expenditure justified!
Aw crap! I did it wrong
Fixed it, probably.
It’s sort of okay.. :-0
GH and I are currently watching the 2017 follow-on to Twin Peaks, and it is moving really slowly.
The original series got a lot of runway out of being ‘quirky’, even though much of the weirdness came from the actual antagonist plotline, which was left unresolved.
Now we’re 27 years later, and the quirkiness is running thin. Detective Cooper’s spirit gets trapped in the body of “Dougie”, a loser of an insurance salesman who has something resembling a stroke, but no one around him seems to notice. So each episode we watch an incompetent Dougie skate by like Chance the gardener from “Being There” while he spends half the episode staring at a statue or failing to figure out how to operate an elevator.
I think at this point I’m getting more joy out of watching GH’s frustration than from the show. “Do you think Dougie will discover how to eat pie today?”
One minor gripe about Saturday’s game – what’s the point of having the captain and both “A”s playing on the same line? I thought the “A”s job was to take the captain’s role when he’s not on the ice?
Foligno really ought to get an A.
I don’t how much these things matter to the players. Maybe not much. I’ve been trying to give up the darts captaincy for years but no-one else wants to do it!
I noticed that too. I kept trying to look at McAvoy’s jersey to see if he also had an ‘A’ (never got a good look at that shoulder).
don’t how much these things matter to the players. Maybe not much. I’ve been trying to give up the darts captaincy for years but no-one else wants to do it!
I ran and was “captain” of a hockey team for years…. only because no one else wanted the job.
I think Foligno gets his point across without the A
Morning all.
Off today for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Spending the day chilling.
This weekend’s installment of the SatanFamily Does Not Have Their Shit Together: Ben came up for the weekend. Except he assumed Mom and Dad would have mentioned he was coming up and Mom and Dad assumed Ben probably told me so no one told me! I didn’t know he was here until he texted me Saturday morning about the house being cold.
Well you know what they say about assumption!
Didn’t Doc Holiday die from assumption?
Lmao, pretty sure that was consumption…. whatever that is. So, he was like a 21st century consumer, but way ahead of his time?
Consumption of booze if Val Kilmer played him accurately
Brother, mother, any other sucker!
Good morning,
There was much joy after a very satisfying win over the Leafs Saturday night. It takes two teams to make a rivalry. Montreal habn’t been able to muster much on their end lately. Toronto has more than filled the bill, they even have villians like Snidely Whiplash, i mean Auston Matthews. The Leafs will be good for the some time to come. Bruins need to do the same.
Finally met up with the kids for Christmas. Met at a brew pub in CT. Dogs allowed and food available from restaurant next door… perfect.
I really wanted to like Perry Pornstache, (as a potential generational talent from my home nation) but I just don’t find him likeable. His early years of not showing up in the playoffs and being erased vs the Bruins – while Hockey-McJeebus is breaking records in Edmonton – did not help. And to make it worse, the NHL media kept trying to cast him as if he were some sort of fashion icon for a long while, but he’s jut so cringe. I think the unflattering narrow mustache was too much even for them.
Took me a bit to figure out who you were talking about with these nicknames.
That ‘stache is not helping him in any way, shape or form.
Good morning!
Haha! Another classic instalment of the best rivalry in hockey over the last ten years or so! Plenty of action, plenty of nasty – looking forward to the next meeting already!
And a great way to bounce back. I’d much rather lose to the Kraken and beat the Leafs than the other way around!
Thanks for the reminder that tonight is the manatee – it had slipped my mind. I think I mentioned NHL has a new UK broadcaster who doesn’t enforce blackouts on NHL tv, so I can see all the games without VPNs and that malarkey. I’ll watch live or near-live.
Cold snap here. Think we had some snow overnight, but it was raining when I woke up so none of it left now.
We were expecting 35°f and sunny at tee time yesterday. 28, cloudy and windy really took the wind out of my sails!
Gah! Cold and windy is the worst. Hope this was before you warmed up in the brewpub.
Just looked at the forecast (I actually opened the computer to do that but got distracted) and we’re gonna get snow. No, rain. No, freezing rain. No, more snow. No, sleet! today.
Bleah. I *think* it’s not worthwhile to do snow cleanup until after dinner.
If you don’t like the weather just wait a few minutes!