The season has started! The season has started! Ya, sure the Rags/Bolts/Sens/Pens technically started the season last week in Europe, but I'm talking about on this side of the pond.
Nos Glorieux will open their 100th season tomorrow in Buffalo, and launch their first home game next Wednesday against the Bruins. I'll be at the home opener, where the club will also unveil their Ring of Honor and tip their hats to the players and builders in the HHOF. There's a long season ahead but the team looks its most promising and exciting for years. Of course, even in the summer, the team shirts are out and the flags flap on the cars (not mine, I hate those car flags, they always fall off too), so honestly the scene isn't much different, but the BUZZ is up. I'm not one for predictions though. I'd rather just watch the season and let the boys impress me.
And what a better way to open the season than having the radio coincidentally play a Coldplay Menage a Trois with "Fix You" right in the middle. Nice. (Of course, the station is from Burlington, so it is an extreme coincidence). Here's to a good season, boys.
Lights will guide you home, and ignite your bones, and I will try to fix youKnow Thy Enemy: What I like and dislike about the other guys (in alphabetical order).Anaheim Ducks
Like: No longer named after the Disney film, per say.
Dislike: They really need to find a sweater that works...
Atlanta Thrashers
Like: They got their hands on TMR boy Angelo "No Relation to Tony or Phil" Esposito
Dislike: Baby blue sweater with the name running down that one sleeve. Third option is a little better, but looks like something that belongs in FOOTBALL.
Boston Bruins
Like: They always give us a good game as the longest standing STEADY rival the Habs got.
Dislike: FUCKING CHARA keep your stick off Kovy's FACE! Douche.
Buffalo Sabres
Like: Rick Jeanneret.
Holy mackerel! HE SCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORES!!! Dislike: Buffalo Buffaloes? C'mon guys, put some SABRES on that shirt.
Calgary Flames
Like: Um...I like the city... The Stampede was fun.
Dislike: Bertuzzi is still playing?
Carolina Hurricanes
Like: They got the balls to wear swirling toilet water on their shirts. Ok, ok... Cam Ward played for Team Canada last IIHF tourney.
Dislike: Well, how's that for karma, Williams?
Chicago Blackhawks
Like: Huet's new home. Jonathan Toews is wicked.
Dislike: Eh...I'll pass on this. In honor of Huet.
Colorado Avalanche
Like: Why would I like the Nordiques?
Dislike: THEY'RE THE NORDIQUES!!!
Columbus Blue Jackets
Like: Rick Nash, woah.
Dislike: Fuck you, Umbergurlar. Never laugh at your opponent. Twat. Thank god I don't have to see his face 6 times a season anymore.
Dallas Stars
Like: Marty Turco! (And Morrow, Modano).
Dislike: Hey Avery, how's your spleen? Hey Mickey Ribs? Ya, screw you too.
Detroit Red Wings
Like: Annoying the Red Wings is always fun.
Dislike: Do these guys have faith in their youth at all or would they rather wait for them to be 30 before giving them a roster spot?
Edmonton Oilers
Like: Too cold to care...Though that's how you do a "Winter Classic". Habs, Oils, minus 30, yup.
Dislike: Edmonton itself.
Florida Panthers
Like: Vokoun was once upon a time drafted by the Habs. About 15 years later, he finally learned how to play better.
Dislike: Hockey players with sun tans.
Los Angeles Kings
Like: 1993 was priceless.
Dislike: That would be like kicking someone when they're down...
Minnesota Wild
Like: Watching Gaborik flip over Hasek was fun.
Dislike: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
Nashville Predators
Like: Hamilton called, they'd like your hockey team. And nice of you to draft Chet Pickard.
Dislike: Come on, admit it. Tennessee depressed Radulov so much he jumped ship and went home to play.
New Jersey Devils
Like: Martin Brodeur
Dislike: Another team that bores the opposition to death.
New York Islanders
Like: Streit's new home.
Dislike: Streit's new home? What?
New York Rangers
Like: Nothing I like about the Rags. I've never even been to New York either, so I can't personally even comment on the town.
Dislike: Where hockey players go to end their careers. It's getting OLD!
Ottawa Senators
Like: It's an hour away and pretty easy to get tickets to watch the Habs there.
Dislike: This isn't Sparta.
Philadelphia Flyers
Like: ...
Dislike: I've hated the Flyers since they were created. Changed hockey for the worse. C'mon Komisaurus, paste one of those baboons into the boards like Big Bird did in the 70s.
Phoenix Coyotes
Like: They used to be the Jets...
Dislike: Gretzky. He may be The Great One but he can't run a team (or any venture, really) for beans. Back to Winnipeg you go!
Pittsburgh Penguins
Like: Aww that logo is so cute...
Dislike: Aww that logo is so cute... I can't take them seriously, even with Crosby, Malkin, and one of the Staal brothers.
San Jose Sharks
Like: Uh...Nabby?
Dislike: That one Habs game last season there was atrocious. Who bribed the refs?
St. Louis Blues
Like: Proud to wear a big blue note on their shirts.
Dislike: Can't say. Their blueliners have mostly managed to injure themselves, so out of respect, I'll put any comment on hold. Besides,
they were smart enough not to wear this.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Like: All forwards, no defense. Sounds like a hoot!
Dislike: Well, former classmate Vincent Lecavalier works there so I'll stay mum on this one, even if he pelted me with his mid-court rockets while I didn't have any goalie gear...
Toronto Maple Leafs
Like: You can keep, Grabs. He turned his back on the family.
Dislike: Are you rebuilding or contending? Make up your fucking mind and stop trading away (or attempting to trade away) draft picks for veterans. But I'll give you one break since you annoyed and embarresed the Wings on their Stanley Cup Banner hoisting night. But that's only ONE point from me. ONE!
Vancouver Canucks
Like: No, I liked the stick-on-rink logo better.
Dislike: Mike Gillis is an idiot.
Washington Capitals
Like: Ovechkin. He's crazy.
Dislike: Theo? LOL.
