You're fired

"Avec la blessure de Huet, ça m'a permis de connaître un jeune en qui j'ai confiance, il a démontré de bon match avec le Canadien, n'oublions pas qu'on est allé loin? Je crois qu' Halak peut faire quelque chose de bon, comme il nous l'a démontré l'an dernier, j'aimerais le voir avec le Canadien pour longtemps. On dirait même qu' on l'a oublié? On en parle peu."
-comment from RDS.ca (roughly translated into, "When Huet was injured last year, I got the chance to get to know someone young in which I have confidence. He played some good games with the Canadiens -- have we forgotten that we made progress in the standings with him? I beleive Halak can do good things, as he showed us last year, and I'd like to see him with the Habs for a long time. It's almost as if we've forgotten him, though. We barely talk about him anymore."

Finally! Someone who thinks as I do!
Has the world completely forgotten about Halak? After all he did last year? He may be our backup now but that wasn't the case at the end of last year. He stepped in when the team needed it most, and let's not forget that it wasn't his fault that he didn't play during the dreaded "last game of the year". I have nothing agaisnt Huet, but he had JUST gotten back from an injury...and our little Jaro was doing just fine. So why play Cristo? We may never know...
Well. We might have at least made the playoffs :/ That's for sure.

But hey. Cristo-wall is playing great these past few days. So duhhh. Of course he's our numero uno. WOW MONTREAL FINALLY HAS AN OFFICIAL STARTER GOALIE!! The last time that happened...Theodore was still around ;) After him it was like back and forth between Huet, Aebischer (who's in Europe or something?) and Halak...and Price for a while.
Hehehe. A starter! It's great! (for now...until Carbs decides otherwise...)
:o Oops. Did I say that out loud?


So the Leafs finally fired their GM. Not that it's a good thing...it's just that the rumor mill was spitting so much shit out that I didn't know when it would happen. Than BAM. It was done.
So what now, TML?

Puck-bunny moment

:O
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Justin Pogge
modelling
for Bootlegger~~!!! *squeels like a groupie*

I'm sorry... he's just too cute to not squeel about.
(he's ripped!!! :'D)

/end puck-bunny moment

Dear Habs,
Ya'll better play well tonight. No half-ass this time. I want 60 minutes of non-stop hard work (NOT JUST 40). And Huet. You better prove to me that you were a better choice over Halak. 'Cause I ain't too happy that he ain't playin.
That's my opinion, anyway.
Love,
Alexia (your #1 fan 4evah)<3

Oh.

So.
Let me get this straight.

Chipchura & Price ----> Out
Locke & Halak ----> In

...
So.
Price is down so that he can "play more games" and Chips needs to...err to...think...or something like that.
Riiiight. Well. Welcome to the NHL then Locke! (And welcome back Halak ;P)
All I hope for is that Price's little trip to Steel Town doesn't last too long. A be-back-before-January-25th-so-that-Alexia-can-see-Halak-in Hamilton length trip would be perfect. :D
My concern for Jaro's being in Hamilton on the 25th doesn't stop me from being overjoyed to see him back in Montreal, though. Duhhh. When I saw that he was back, I jumped up, squeeled like a true fan-girl, and then, after a few seconds, clicked. Cue the flashbacks of all the people who laughed and teased me by saying, "Hey imagine if Halak was called up right before you went to Hamilton? Hahahah! Ouch! That would really suck!!"
Yes. It was a pretty huge moment ruiner.
Anyway, after hearing "the news", I ran into the kitchen to tell my parents. My dad tried to comfort me by saying "worst case scenario, you'll get to see Price play!!"...but.
...
But. Dad. Halak is my favorite player. I wanna watch him. Not Carey Price.


Jacques Demers better be right. Price better only play 4 games in Hamilton (then come back a new man!)
:(
I'm so torn. I want Halak to be in Montreal...but...I also really REALLY (x8326556) want him to be in Steel Town while we're there.
Sigh.


Before I get back to watching the good 'ol Habs/Blackhawks game (wow it's suddenly 3-2 for Chicago), I'd like to say a few words about...THE FACT THAT CAROLINA CLAIMED SERGEI SAMSONOV ON WAIVERS. The man is an enigma. HE HAD LESS POINTS THAN FREAKING TOMAS VOKOUN LAST TIME I CHECKED. Need I remind you that Tomas Vokoun is a goalie?
Yeah. Like I said, the man is an enigma.

Well, bonne chance, Hurricanes (not really). Bonne chance.

Gold

Team Canada won GOLD!!!


After being lead 2-0 into the 3rd, team Sweden did what they did the last time they played Canada -- make a comeback. With only a few seconds left in the 3rd period, they scored and forced the game into over-time.
That was about the time when Alex swore she was about to pass-out.
I was sitting on my couch, curled up in a ball, trying to mentally prepare myself for what was ahead. But as much as I tried to calm myself down, I knew it would never be enough. I'd be devastated if they'd lose. I'd grown attached to the group of guys (as I had last year...) What? I have an addictive personnality :)
Once into over-time, with everyone in the room litterally at the edge of their seats, we all held our breath and hoped that someone would just SCORE. (Preferably Canada, of course.) 3:36 into OT, a mini-scramble errupted around Enroth's crease and team Canada managed to squeeze the puck between the goalie's pads...and across the goal line.
Who...the heck...
HALISCHUK!!!!!!!!!! He did it~~ :')
The whole room was jumping up and down, and I flopped, exhausted, in front of the tele. Finally. We could breathe again.

Things were awesome until I saw this:

:( Enroth...he was just laying there...looking simply devastated... The ref had to come over and see if he was okay... And then they showed his face. And I felt like crying. There were tears pouring out of his eyes...and and... I can't even explain how sad it was. I felt sooo bad for him.
My mom looked at me and knew, "Ohhh, Alex! You must be so sad! That's exactly what you don't like to see..."
Yes. My heart is weak when it comes to goalies. So seeing them devastated to the point of tears is like a cruel sort of torture. I sat there for a moment, thinking of how horrible the poor guy must feel, and tried not to look at his face. It didn't help that the camera dude seemed to enjoy mega-zooming into Enroth as he looked on at the celebrating team Canada with tears in his eyes. WHAT KIND OF CAMERA MAN ARE YOU?? I'm trying to celebrate here!! Watching team Sweden cry isn't exactly heart-warming. It's depressing as hell.

But heyyy. Team Canada won! Happy thoughts!!

"What pain? It is hard to feel the pain when you have a gold medal around your neck."
-Team Canada forward Stefan Legein on his right shoulder seperation

p.s.
Ovechkin finally scored his first goal in Montreal. Woohooo. Coulda kept it at ONE goal, but noooo. He had to score two.

The Price Is Right

How did we get so lucky?

Amazing goalie and cute?
Wow.

WTF

WTF.

How could there NOT be a Lehtonen name & number T-Shirt out there?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

UGHHHHH DAT MAKERS ALEX MAD>>...!1!! I CANM'T BELEIVE THAT IT'SSD NOT ON NHL SHOPN OR NOTHINGH GAHHN ANSFMNBSDHGLKJSADGJDSFLHJDSLKJH.

I'm sad.
:(

How long is too long?

I haven't posted here in months. I've been busy. That's busy as in, 'my team's out of the playoffs, my second team's out of the playoffs, I have nothing jolly to say".
Ahhhhh oh well. I'm looking forward to next season. And I won't say anything about the playoffs right now because I'll prolly end up jinxing it. :D

Anywhooo, I changed the layout!! I find it quite gorgeous, considering I put all my favourite Goalies on it! Kipper, Price, Lehtonen and Halak are the bestest, coolest, awesomest Goalies ever!!

Well, that's all I have to say right now...
Oh! Wait! Go Team Canada in the World Championships!!!!

Speechless.

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Let's stop there, shall we?

(You can do it Halak<3 Rock on!)