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Kotkaniemi15

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Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 14, 2022 at 11:59 a.m.
Forum: Montreal CanadiensApr. 9, 2022 at 9:28 p.m.
Thread: Montreal Canadiens Season Discussion Thread Trade Deadline Edition
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Campabee</b></div><div>Weber still being listed as the captain of the Habs, still has a role and responsibilities to the organization. If he is to truly be considered retired then the Habs need to remove the C from his bio. Until then I expect to see him randomly at games, team events and ESPECIALLY the team photo!</div></div>

:rolleyes Are you that thick? It makes so much sense for the team to put out a statement officially stripping a retired player of the captaincy when they aren’t naming a new captain. And you seriously expect a guy with young children who lives in BC to be expected to come to Québec to take a photo or watch a hockey game?

Are people actually naïve enough to not understand that things happen without being officially announced and that hockey players actually have lives outside of hockey. Why do you hate the guy who put his body on the line for the team and just wants to enjoy his family after getting a career ending injury? Habs fans truly are the worst hockey fans in the world.
Forum: Montreal CanadiensApr. 9, 2022 at 11:01 a.m.
Thread: Montreal Canadiens Season Discussion Thread Trade Deadline Edition
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Campabee</b></div><div>I agree with this and wouldn't be questioning his leadership IF he had not gone to the Preds retirement ceremony for Rinne. He is still listed as the Habs captain and is still officially under contract, so why does he feel like he doesn't have to show up for the team picture but can show up for another teams retirement ceremony? If he can show up for the Preds he HAD BETTER show up for the Habs, just my opinion though.</div></div>

The team photo isn’t the same as his friend’s retirement ceremony. The team photo is for players who play for the habs, and whether it’s official or not, Shea is retired. It would be really weird if he took a photo with the team. You didn’t see Marian Hossa, Bryan Little, Pavel Datsyuk, or Chris Pronger showing up for Arizona Coyotes team photos. Just like you don’t see any other officially retired player showing up for photos, because they’re not on the team, and that makes no sense.
Forum: Montreal CanadiensApr. 7, 2022 at 1:05 a.m.
Thread: Montreal Canadiens Season Discussion Thread Trade Deadline Edition
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DucharmetheDOMinator</b></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Habs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">#Habs</a> Richardson says Romanov is learning to manage his energy so that he can eventually be a regular OT contributor.Richardson summing up Romanov: “Sometimes he has too big a gas tank; he likes to stay out there a long time.”</p>— John Lu (@JohnLuTSNMtl) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnLuTSNMtl/status/1511738565612478464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">April 6, 2022</a></blockquote>


OK, so this explains the question I've been having for a long time of why romy never plays ot.
But 1 other question still remains. Why doesn't he play on the powerplay?</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>lucal2228</b></div><div>wasn't he good on the powerplay during the last few games of last season?</div></div>

I mean he was certainly much better than Shea Weber and Ben Chiarot as a QB. Not as good as Petry or Gustafsson.

As a person who hasn’t watched a game in months, Romanov’s wrister isn’t much of a scoring threat and he’s a worse passer than Wideman. And PP QBs need to be really good at passing, which is why Gustafsson is/was so good there and Weber was so bad there.
Forum: Montreal CanadiensApr. 5, 2022 at 11:14 a.m.
Thread: Montreal Canadiens Season Discussion Thread Trade Deadline Edition
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>A_Habs_fan</b></div><div>There’s something called playing through an injury because you’re doing good in the playoffs. Players do it every time, doesn’t mean they’re not hurt. If he’s also never going to play again, he doesn’t really need to do anything team related</div></div>

Yeah, Weber’s retired. The only reason he hasn’t officially said anything is that if he announces it, he loses $6 million. (And also cripples Nashville’s cap situation) So there’s no reason for him to say anything, and definitely not be with the team. The man has a young family and time off from hockey for the first time since he was a child. Let him enjoy retirement with his family rather than trying to force him back into the hockey spotlight.
Forum: NHL TradesApr. 4, 2022 at 11:52 p.m.
Thread: (MTL/MIN) - 4th for 5th, 7th
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>teamlessmadi</b></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">Joshua Roy explique qu'il souhaitait être échangé par les Sea Dogs car il n'aimait pas l'environnement là-bas. Il a cité le type de séances d'entraînement et la nourriture servie aux joueurs sur la route. Il était content d'arriver à Sherbrooke, "une vraie équipe junior".</p>— Marc Antoine Godin (@MAGodin) <a href="https://twitter.com/MAGodin/status/1419036135062478848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">July 24, 2021</a></blockquote>



“Joshua Roy explains that he wanted to be traded by the [Saint John] Sea Dogs because he didn’t like the environment there. He cited the types of training sessions and and the food served to players on the road. He was glad to arrive in Sherbrooke [with the Phœnix], “a real junior team.””</div></div>



<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Kotkaniemi15</b></div><div>Yeah, that’s definitely problematic. At least he’s just a spoiled brat, and not a criminal like the other person the habs drafted. Hopefully he can mature soon.</div></div>

Well now that we know that he used to be overweight and was able to put in the work and vastly improve over the summer, it seems like Joshua wasn’t at all out of line with his comments, and Saint John indeed wasn’t run very well.
Forum: Montreal CanadiensApr. 4, 2022 at 11:48 p.m.
Thread: Montreal Canadiens Season Discussion Thread Trade Deadline Edition
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>DucharmetheDOMinator</b></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ppl finally talking about something I've been thinking about for a while: how can a guy play 25mins per gm in the playoffs &amp; then NEVER play again.The whole Weber thing is an onion that smells worse w/ every layer you remove.ps: NHL rejected a deal w/ Arizona &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Habs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">#Habs</a> <a href="https://t.co/7wNSyrXDsR" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/7wNSyrXDsR</a></p>— Bobby 🇨🇦 (@montrealdesign) <a href="https://twitter.com/montrealdesign/status/1510682219362279424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">April 3, 2022</a></blockquote>


Yeah, I'm perplexed. He wasn't even at the team picture today, I'm very upset he hasn't spoke yet. That's not what you call leadership.</div></div>

Lmao, it’s the clown Bobby. What an absolute piece of **** he is. That’s a blast from the past.
Forum: The BoxApr. 4, 2022 at 11:44 p.m.
Thread: Best Star Wars show
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Saskleaf</b></div><div>This has nothing to do with your post, but your user flair says "former hockey fan". Why former? Though if you don't want to explain, that's fine. I was just curious.</div></div>

I’ve lost interest in hockey this year. Part of it is me losing interest in watching hockey games in general, since it’s gotten to a point where I’ve watched so much hockey over the past few years that everything seems stale, and I don’t take pleasure in any of the little parts of the game anymore. Before this year I would take detailed notes of the lines and goals for every single habs game (including preseason and rookie camp) but now I don’t feel like doing these notes anymore, and find it hard to have any interest in watching the game. I also think that before last year’s playoffs I was super into the minutiae of the salary cap and figuring out Montréal’s accrued cap space, but as the playoffs went on I cared less about the specifics of roster construction or how certain players played in games, but instead focus solely on my emotional investment in the players and in the team’s success.

The main thing is all of the stuff that’s happened with the habs since the start of last July. The team being bad is definitely a factor in why I’m not watching games this year, but the fact that so many of my favourite players that were such big parts of the team are gone is the main reason why I don’t think I’ll be watching hockey for at least the next few years. The losses of Kotkaniemi, Danault, and Lehkonen specifically hit hard, and now when I think about the habs it’s always centred in sadness about those who are no longer on the team. Losing KK and drafting Mailloux broke my mind, losing a bunch of players and being really bad in the season made me lose interest in the game, and trading Lehkonen was the final nail in the coffin that the habs team I loved is dead and I’m never going to enjoy hockey as much as I did last year ever again.

Sorry if that’s too long, I think I’m still dealing with fully sorting out my emotions.
Forum: The BoxApr. 1, 2022 at 12:00 p.m.
Thread: Best Star Wars show
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>SevenLeg</b></div><div>In order :

1. The Clone Wars... nostalgia plays a big part of it. Fun times, truly. The last season was a television masterpiece regardless of age. It was simply amazing.

2. The Mandalorian - I really enjoyed it. It has the feel of the original trilogy. However, I think the returning characters (Ahsoka, Boba, Bo-Katan &amp; Luke) overshadowed the main plot and Mando in S2.

3. The BOBF - Slow start so far, still interesting, they're building up something crazy.

4. The Bad Batch - It had so much potential, but once again they relied too much on returning characters and poorly developed the protagonists. I think it'll get better in S2 though.

5. Rebels - I only watched the first few episodes, didn't really got hooked.</div></div>

You should really give Rebels a 2nd chance. The 1st season isn’t as good as the rest, but it gets better as it goes, but seasons 2 to 4 are top tier Star Wars. The scope of the show broadens as the show goes on. A lot of it is just as good as the heights of the Clone Wars.

Sort of like how the Clone Wars didn’t really find its footing until season 3, and that’s where it became a consistently great show.
Forum: The BoxApr. 1, 2022 at 11:53 a.m.
Thread: Best Star Wars show
The Book of Boba Fett is my favourite. I absolutely love Tatooine and Jabba’s Palace, so that’s a big part, plus the stuff with Luke and Grogu is just amazing.

I love everything else. The Clone Wars balances all of the parts of Star Wars really well, between the silly and weird and the deep and meaningful. It sets the tone for Rebels and the Bad Batch.

The Mandalorian is good, but it’s behind The Book of Boba Fett, Clone Wars, Rebels, and Bad Batch on my favourites list because aside from Din and Grogu, which I love, Imperials are my least favourite part of Star Wars, and I can’t stand the Mandalorian cult Din is a part of. I still really love the show, but not as much as the other ones.

Resistance is definitely meant for children, but it’s still a good show. The storylines in season 1 are mostly uninteresting, but it gets better in season 2, and the characters are what get you coming back for more. People who aren’t big Star Wars fans or children definitely won’t be able to sit through it though.