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[Viqsi]

I'm waiting for the back end when we find out a team like Columbus was offered the moon and then the guy they draft ends up not being worth a damn.

 

[MRJMPreds]

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[PredsV82]

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Holy shit. You joined in 2007 and this is your 1st post. Welcome to the party!

 

[Osprey]

Holy sh*t. You joined in 2007 and this is your 1st post. Welcome to the party!

I wonder if he left this page up, put his phone in his back pocket and his butt posted that for him. Maybe we should be welcoming his butt to the party.

 

[Hose Pipe]

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Came here to post this

 

[predhead1]

Holy shit. You joined in 2007 and this is your 1st post. Welcome to the party!

That's some epic lurking.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Holy shit. You joined in 2007 and this is your 1st post. Welcome to the party!

Tune in here in 2039 for the 2nd letter...

I have "o" in the pool.

 

[triggrman]

These are my people

 

[FFWRX]

I thought I was the biggest lurker.

That's some epic lurking.

 

[PredsV82]

That's some epic lurking.

They obviously cared enough to re-register when the boards migrated as well. I'm impressed.

 

[ShagDaddy]

This is just insane. What is wrong with people these days.

 

[nine_inch_fang]

This is just insane. What is wrong with people these days.

Wtf is wrong with people?

 

[triggrman]

Wtf is wrong with people?

Social media allows people to be tougher than normal.

 

[Viqsi]

This is just insane. What is wrong with people these days.

The Athletic article about this also indicates that anticipating these sorts of reactions is a not insignificant part of why PLD decided not to go to Montreal:

Canadiens draft thoughts: The Reinbacher fallout, a quiet free agency and the run on goalies

How fan reaction to the David Reinbacher pick is being received, some updates on offseason plans and more in this Canadiens draft notebook.

theathletic.com

This front office led by Jeff Gorton and Kent Hughes has had a relatively smooth ride up until now. This is their first brush with the flip side of the passion of the fan base, the accountability and scrutiny that comes with it. I was told Thursday that Pierre-Luc Dubois mentioned this in weighing his decision between following his heart to Montreal or following his head to Los Angeles, and another front office source took that a step further.

“We’re trying to make Montreal a place players want to play,” he said, “and this stuff definitely doesn’t help.”

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

"Not real Habs fans"
"Always a few nutjobs"
<other reasoning that minimizes/dismisses/deflects people sending hate mail to a 17-year old because he was drafted a little higher than expected to play a f***ing game for a living>

Thousands of hate messages

It gets harder and harder to not think we've just completely f***ing failed as a society.

 

[Adz]

That is disgusting. I don't know what more to say. I know all Montreal fans are not joining in this but those who are need to have their fan cards removed at the VERY least.

 

[Flgatorguy87]

Social media allows people to be tougher than normal.

Bingo, people don't get punched in the face anymore.

 

[ShooterMcGavin3]

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I wholeheartedly agree

 

[herzausstein]

"Not real Habs fans"
"Always a few nutjobs"
<other reasoning that minimizes/dismisses/deflects people sending hate mail to a 17-year old because he was drafted a little higher than expected to play a f***ing game for a living>

Thousands of hate messages

It gets harder and harder to not think we've just completely f***ing failed as a society.

1 way to know if they were true habs fans....

Was the hatemail in both french and english?

 

[Olderfan]

Toronto, Montreal fans are truly different.
Reference Alabama, Notre Dame football fans in the USA.

 

[ShagDaddy]

Toronto, Montreal fans are truly different.
Reference Alabama, Notre Dame football fans in the USA.

What’s wrong with Alabama fans????

 

[nine_inch_fang]

What’s wrong with Alabama fans????

They have a mating call that they constantly yell at each other no matter how inappropriate the setting.

 

[ShagDaddy]

They have a mating call that they constantly yell at each other no matter how inappropriate the setting.

Roll Tide!

 

[Armourboy]

Roll Tide!

Possibly the dumbest combination of words in the English language. Although Hook'em Horns is an insanely close second.

 

[Viqsi]

Possibly the dumbest combination of words in the English language. Although Hook'em Horns is an insanely close second.

I know, right? At least up here we teach folks how to spell.