Sens Town: Spezza "Rally": A Photo Diary

Eh oui, il y avait un "love-in" organisé pour encourager Spezza sur la colline parlementaire prévu samedi après-midi.

Ça avait fait le tour du web, Erin Nicks en avait parlé mardi :

Il y avait 15 personnes...15 personnes !!! LOL, ça fait amateur en maudit, faut le dire...

Mais même un fervant fan des Sens comme moi qui appuye tout à fait le #19 comme premier centre de l'équipe ne se ferait pas convaincre d'aller passer un de ses samedi après-midis de l'été là-bas.

Oh que non.

Mais bon, ça ne m'empêche pas de me demander pourquoi ces amateurs de salon de la grande région d'Ottawa sont si épais envers Spezza...en fait, là-dessus il faut lire le billet d'Ian Mendes, absolument.

Donc, Bryan et Tim Murray, pas de niaiseries d'échanger Spetz au repêchage, on se calme, merci.

Alors, voici le lien au compte-rendu via Sens Town...Spezza "Rally": A Photo Diary

Bonne fête aux Pères, surtout le mien !!!

Sens - Canes Officiating Comment / 6th Sens dissing Québécois

I want to comment on the officiating tonight...two 2nd period calls were pretty annoying to me...

The first one, Garry Galley and Dean Brown talked about quite a bit on the Sportsnet broadcast, but Fisher doesn't even touch him with an unintentional high stick...give me a break...

Second one, when Vermette got called for closing the hand on the puck on the PK and McCreary puts up 2 fingers meaning that he did it twice... Did what twice ? He had his hand wide open, palming the puck from the top...don't know, but to me, that is not "closing the hand on the puck"...

I'll also link out to The 6th Sens for this post. Mr Graeme, I like your blog, but this goes to far, I take exception to insulting french canadians that live here...

1st trackback here - Jason Smith, Jarko Ruutu added - Pool Labatt 50

Come on, get bloggin' !!! Sherry at Scarlett Ice linked to me way back last year, and I haven't made a single post since. Booooooo me.

I'm pumped for the coming season. Jason Smith is a beast. The best thing : he's the guy, with the C on his chest, that shook every Habs' hand to end their season last spring. Very cool.

Ruutu should be a blast to watch, but the jury's still out on him. But more on the coming season later...

I'm heading to Gatineau tomorrow for our Fantasy Hockey Summer GM Meeting, where we decide the rule changes we want to implement in our hockey pool. I'm the commish of our league, we're into our 7th season now. The points system is pretty much tweaked the way we want it, but everybody has a little thing they want to change.

Me, since we only carry over 4 players from a 15-man roster, I'm looking to try and get the guys to up the number of keepers. Quite a few of us want that, but there are others that disagree strongly, so we'll see...

Live Sens Blogging : Opening night 07-08

I'll update this post with all my thoughts throughout the game...this is where you get the raw SilverSeven !

7:03 I refuse to watch the Habs-Canes pregame show and puck drop right now. Watching the Angels - Red Sox game instead. The season starts at 7h30....

7:15 I wonder if I should switch to TSN for the pre-game show...nah...Francona is now out to talk to Runge on the great Cabrera sweep tag to end the 2nd inning in Boston..

7:23 My girlfriend just called...she tells me the Habs are down 1-0 already...lol

7:29 Beckett strikes out Chone Figgins to end the top of the 3rd...time to switch to TSN...just in time to catch Duthie congratulating Murray on signing Heatley...sooo true...yes, yes, yes, congrats to new GM, Fisher and Heatley long-term in 3 weeks...woohoo !!!

7:38 OK, I hate pre-game shows. Especially this one tonight...when does this start...aaarrrghhhh ! Back to baseball, I'll zap back later.

7:40 Ramirez scores !!! 4-0 Sox. I will love to watch this series, my 2 fav teams in the AL going head-to-head...just cheering for some great baseball...

7:42 Just reading Alexander Nikulin's last blog entry right now while I wait.

7:44 Where's Jef08 ?

7:45 OK, Jef just shows up as the men line up for the opening faceoff.

7:54 First break...Heatley already has a big shift.

7:56 Vermette scores !!! Oh. que. oui. Gros but.

8:10 WTF we go to the break just as Redden is starting to go at it with Newbury.

8:27 First lesson of live blogging...have a fridge full of beer and food before the game. I had to go out to the store during the intermission (Moosehead and a 3-meat Delissio - just because there was this Stanley Cup promo on the pizza box). 1st intermission thoughts...Phillips is on a 2-game goal scoring streak...

8:51 1:05 2-man PP coming up...

FCP - Serge bets against Sens

I like poker. Quite a bit.

I started reading Daniel Negreanu's blog in 2005, pretty much the first blog I read ever. Well...about at the same time I started reading James Mirtle's blog.

OK, so, at FCP, I've been really enjoying reading through the forums.

The strategy forums are a goldmine of information. Among many other concepts, I've learned there about ev...expected value...at the heart of all poker decisions. A minute to learn, a lifetime to master...

Now the hockey forum is the nuts. I've been posting a lot there since 06. Daniel is in a crazy hockey pool they call the AHL and Serge is the GM of the Mustangs that compete with Negreanu's Cheap Thieves. Well Serge was active posting today in his full delusional Leaf fan form and he took $100 worth of bets that the Leafs will finish above the Sens in the standings this year. LOL !!!!!

Ball hockey : Sweat, Giguère, and Gatorade

Played in an old gym up on the second floor, it was just crazy heat and humidity.

I must have sweat about 5 pounds...with all of the gear it gets unbelievably hot. I'd guess 120F close to my skin... I've done Bikram in 100F heat and it did not feel this stifling.

Think 5 lbs is a lot, check this out : Giguere went to the Gatorade special research facility because he de-hydrated too much, and he loses 12 to 15 lbs a game.

First ever post : my hockey league starts in the fall of 07

Today though is a very soggy Friday afternoon in Montréal. I was outside just earlier to play some baseball with the roommate, and it was tough. Just soooo hot, plus the lactic acid buildup from last night's first hockey game.

We played a 90 minute practice / scrimmage with all the guys that will make up the 3 teams in the league. I'd guess nobody knows more than half the guys out on the ice. Even the 3 captains, really. They'll pick the teams this weekend and we'll see how all this shakes out for the coming season. I know I'll play with my buddy Nic, but who else, no clue.

Well, we were all 3 goalies there, so we each alternated taking a breather, switching back in 15 minutes or so later at the other end. You never really ever sit out in full gear playing rec hockey, so it was quite weird, actually. But, it absolutely feels good to get back onto the ice, woot !!!