As a trucker in 1992 or ’93, I was delivering to a grocery distribution centre in Calgary and I noticed a new chocolate candy bar called Mario on the shelves. So I bought a box of 24 for 20 bucks or so, and decided to sit on it forever and see if it became valuable. [...]

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At this moment I’m performing a very unnatural and upsettling act. I’m working evening shift and won’t see the game until midnight, when everyone else is tucked snug in their beds or passed out with a lampshade on their head. So you know who won the game but I don’t yet. Please feel free to talk [...]

Stolen from the Pens’ website: 12:40 PM: Sounds heard around the locker room, part II. Dan Bylsma On Canadiens: Their coaching staff this year, there are certain things that pop up in (Jacque Martin’s) teams. We’ll be defensive cognizant, especially in the neutral zone taking, taking away time and space, taking away the walls. They [...]

A lovely woman in a tight, white sweater sat behind the Habs bench. The camera never showed her face, but she was lovely. You could just tell. Do you think the Penguins put that lovely lady in the tight, white sweater in a seat behind the Habs bench as a distraction? Montreal had their chances. Brian [...]

Jaroslav Halak will once again be between the pipes when the Canadiens torment the Penguins. That’s the Habs news, other than Scott Gomez and Glen Metropolit not feeling well. Which brings me to the other news: Looks like H1N1 is increasing and is beginning to get a grip in the NHL, mainly beginning in Edmonton where [...]

Below is my stepson, Denis Brel. He’s a 31 year old Russian guy, has lived in St. Petersburg, Russia all his life, and speaks only a little english. When Denis was much younger, he struck up a long-term friendship through letters with a guy from Pittsburgh who began sending to Denis a ton of Penguins stuff. And before [...]

Montreal signed two defencemen today with two different styles and two different sizes. Jaroslav Spacek moves over from Buffalo and is a 5’11, 200lb puck-moving impact defenceman who thrives on the power play. Habs also grabbed big Hal Gill, all 6’7″, 250 lbs of him, who comes from the Cup-winning Penguins. Size we needed. Power play [...]

Who had the better hair, these guys – Mario and Jaro? Or these guys – 1966 Canadian band, The British Modbeats?

It’s always good when there’s a game seven in the Stanley Cup finals.  it makes players, owners, program sellers, hot dog vendors, and Gary Bettman very happy. Seven games means money for some, honour and jubilation for others. Seven games means jitters for players and fans of the teams involved. And at seven games, wives and non-fans across Canada [...]