TrueBlue4ever

Merry Christmas and the best of the holiday season to you all. For the airing of grievances, head over to the “your hate goes here” thread. But best wishes to everyone who makes this place the great community it is, and has helped link us thorough good times, bad times, and pandemic isolation.

Read my voluminous comments in the “Your Hate Goes Here” thread to get a feel for my disgust of all things Boston.

More than a few missed high sticks. Boston plays a real chippy, interference-style game. Lots of clutch and grab that they are allowed to get away with.

Samberg with two brutal Defensive lapses tonight leading to breakaways and Hellebuyck has bailed him out both times. Can’t make those kind of mistakes at the NHL level, especially in Boston. Cheap penalty on Srenlund. Gets tripped and his stick flies up as he tumbled to the ice and clips the Bruin.

Important win given what is upcoming. Into Boston (2-6-3 there since the club returned to Winnipeg in 2011) and Washington (0-4-4 in their last 8 games, have not won there since January 2013) for back-to-backs before the Christmas break, could have been staring at a 4 game losing streak. Club gutting it out with 7 starters out of the lineup and what will be a run of 13 games in 22 days.

Nice to see Riddich step up in a tricky spot and get rewarded for a strong performance.

Jets should send tape of tonight’s game to every Norris trophy voter. Morrissey is on another level tonight with his playmaking.

NUTS!

Some speculation that the “sold out” announcement is just Trump declaring it to save face and shutting down the scam, or buying them up himself (since it is all digital) or having others buy it as a money laundering scheme.

I honestly had to hunt around to make sure this was real. The world is now “The Onion” come to life. At least it amuses me. Check out his ad. He can’t even do a two minute commercial on script, and his stream of consciousness bleeds in every few words. Play with sound on.

Here is the MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT:

Dubois, among others, was on an IV after the game. Flu bug running through the team right now.

Unpopular opinion, but anyone who complains about Stacey Nattress had better be ready to crucify Doc Walker after tonight’s performance. I’d tKe her any day over most of the singers this year.

Canada still the only team to score against Morocco in this World Cup. And Morocco and Croatia (finalists the last time) both made the semis. The other team in their group was Belgium, world #2. Turns out Canada drew the “Group of Death” this year. Does this change any perceptions about their overall performance?

Now 18 for 18 when scoring 3+, and a perfect 12 for 12 when leading going into the 3rd. Solo 1st place in the Central, who imagined that at the start of the year?

Wheeler on the front half of the PP makes it 2-0.

I’ll keep throwing out “Luck be a Lady” by Sinatra for the hat trick song unless I get shouted down. Since we always ask “does he feel lucky?” when a player is sitting on 2.

Merci. Love all the song choices. Excellent work.

So what triggers the “why can’t we be friends” song as opposed to “shall we dance”?

Need to hit 5 with more than 5 minutes left in the 3rd to release the Andrea. Team is now 17-0-0 when scoring 3 or more.

Hellebuyck keeping the Jets ahead until the team wakes up. Story of the season.

Was thinking “they need to get out of the period without giving up a late goal”. Need to come out strong in the 3rd to kill any momentum the Blues may have gained. Jets were moving the puck well that period before the goal.

Hmmm. Hotel already closed, owners can’t even keep their other gas station business open, counsellor “hoping” it might re-open and salvage the town. Just wondering out loud what kind of insurance the owners had on the place.

If Binnington is starting, I get PLD to get in the crease early and start his usual penalty drawing antics to set Jordan off.