ATD Chat Thread XVIII

[Hawkey Town 18]

The Bruins lost to the Habs four (4) consecutive playoffs in the 1950's.

In 1952, in 7 games in the semi final.
In 1953, in 5 games in the cup final.
In 1954, in 4 games in the semifinal.
In 1955, in 5 games in the semifinal.

I knew about this in the late 1970s when CBC used to repeatedly feature it as part of the history of the Montreal-Boston rivalry (that was intense in my youth).

Skip a year and it keeps going...

1957: lost in 5 in the final
1958: lost in 6 in the final

6 times in 7 years is rough

The late 50's Habs came to mind when I first read the post, but they won a lot of their playoff series in 4 or 5 games and HO was looking for 6 or 7

 

[tinyzombies]

• Titre :Hockey. Chicago & Canadiens
• Créateur Poirier, Conrad, 1912-1968
• Date :22 mars 1938
  
  

 

[Say Hey Kid]

This is a strange sig from VI: "(Orr's CAREER is marginal top 10. If that.)"

 

[VanIslander]

This is a strange sig from VI: "(Orr's CAREER is marginal top 10. If that.)"

He had a 9-year injury-riddled career, twice outvoted by his peers for teammate Esposito.

5 of his 8 postseasons were underwhelming.

Don Cherry has spent decades claiming he's better than Howe & Gretzky, and many of my fellow Canadians buy that shyte (to use a Brit term). That aside,...

To say there may be TEN BETTER CAREERS (not talents, careers) is far from controversial, hopefully, if people appreciate hockey history).

 

[tinyzombies]

are we voting round 2?

 

[Theokritos]

Former Team Canada and NHL coach Dave King will present his new book on the History of Hockey board today and will be available to answer questions. Should be a pretty rare occasion to chat with someone who has coached hockey at the highest level.

 

[VanIslander]

I've met Dave King. Meh. He inspires no one imo.

 

[VanIslander]

F*** the Internet.

I am a 9-time chess champion.

Elementary school, town, province, middle school, high school, university,... never sat in a room with someone i couldn't beat (except the Grade 4 elementary national finals in York, Ontario - there i was one of the worst in the room).

I now... regularly have my ass handed to me online in chess. The lesson: there is always someone better and worse; just do YOUR best, and let things result as they must.

 

[VanIslander]

Such a calm image.

It is tranquility personified.

 

[tinyzombies]

Such a calm image.

It is tranquility personified.

Not if you've ever had to run those stairs. Canadiens used to practice there before and sometimes after us and destroy the ice.

 

[VanIslander]

THN ranks the top 75 teams ever and has pre-WWII teams thus:

6th 1920 Ottawa
29th 1931 Habs
43rd 1929 Boston
47th 1926 Maroons
61st 1937 Detroit
64th 1923 Ottawa
73rd 1918 Toronto Arenas
75th 1919 Habs

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[ResilientBeast]

I don't think we've ever done one, but after the OPPF ends and before we get the main draft on for 2022 anyone interested in a Pre-Consolidation ATD?

Player's careers pre-consolidation are all that count, open to keeping the rover or eliminating it. Maybe less than 12F 6D 2G a team tho

 

[rmartin65]

I don't think we've ever done one, but after the OPPF ends and before we get the main draft on for 2022 anyone interested in a Pre-Consolidation ATD?

Player's careers pre-consolidation are all that count, open to keeping the rover or eliminating it. Maybe less than 12F 6D 2G a team tho

I would be in for sure. I’d suggest keeping the rover, and going with 2 sets of players- your starters and reserves. So 12 skaters and 2 goalies per team.

 

[ResilientBeast]

I would be in for sure. I’d suggest keeping the rover, and going with 2 sets of players- your starters and reserves. So 12 skaters and 2 goalies per team.

Maybe we do it like they did at the time and you need to have a rover lineup and a non-rover lineup

 

[rmartin65]

Maybe we do it like they did at the time and you need to have a rover lineup and a non-rover lineup

Thats an interesting wrinkle. Like I said, I’m in. This would also be a nice springboard for the HoH project I hope starts up next year.

 

[ResilientBeast]

Thats an interesting wrinkle. Like I said, I’m in. This would also be a nice springboard for the HoH project I hope starts up next year.

Man I hope that's the project we end up doing

 

[VanIslander]

6 F, 3 D, 1 G & a rover.

LOCK & LOAD!

 

[ResilientBeast]

I think I like the 12 total skaters and 2 goalies

LW - C - RW
R
P
CP
G

Then whatever 4 spares you want for skaters

 

[rmartin65]

I think I like the 12 total skaters and 2 goalies

LW - C - RW
R
P
CP
G

Then whatever 4 spares you want for skaters

12 skaters would equal two full sets of players, though, right? Not just 4 spares…

My preference would be 12 skaters and 2 goalies for a total of 14 players per team.

I’d also suggest player coaches being a thing, so as to not add another round.

 

[ResilientBeast]

12 skaters would equal two full sets of players, though, right? Not just 4 spares…

I'm bad at math this afternoon

 

[rmartin65]

I'm bad at math this afternoon

No worries, math isn’t my strong suit so I figured I’d double check. I ended up editing my post to more fully explain/mention coaching.

 

[VanIslander]

No, because there is a rover: a 7-man line up.

12 is odd... 5 extras...

10 makes more sense: get a 2nd forward, rover, defender.

 

[rmartin65]

No, because there is a rover: a 7-man line up.

12 is odd... 5 extras...

10 makes more sense: get a 2nd forward, rover, defender.

I suggest re-counting; 12 skaters is not 5 extras, it is 7 extras… a spare for each position/two sets of players, depending on how you wish to look at it.

That said, I’d be fine with just 3 spares, but I do think that 7 would force us to pay a little more attention to the era in question.

 

[ResilientBeast]

I suggest re-counting; 12 skaters is not 5 extras, it is 7 extras… a spare for each position/two sets of players, depending on how you wish to look at it.

That said, I’d be fine with just 3 spares, but I do think that 7 would force us to pay a little more attention to the era in question.

Also would matter how many GMs we have

Because goalies will be an ugly time outside of Vezina, Lehman, Benedict, Lesueur & Holmes

 

[rmartin65]

Also would matter how many GMs we have

Because goalies will be an ugly time outside of Vezina, Lehman, Benedict, Lesueur & Holmes

Yep… that does appear the position with the most scarcity.