May 31, 2004

The curse of the Habs: (or, another supernatural reason why Tampa Bay won't win). It's actually pretty easy to picture the ghost of Rocket Richard smirking in the rafters of the Saddledome.

posted by DrJohnEvans to hockey at 12:54 PM - 6 comments

spooky. also of note is that no team that I picked to beat the Flames in the lockerroom playoffs picks threads has actually done so.

posted by gspm at 01:28 PM on May 31, 2004

Interesting factoid. Here's hoping the curse continues. And it's good to see some hockey stories again. After 11 days I was beginning to wonder if I was the only person till watching hockey around here.

posted by camcanuck at 01:41 PM on May 31, 2004

Hopefully this curse can overcome the more recent trend of Tampa Bay being undefeated this year when Brad Richards scores a goal (7 games in the playoffs, 20+ more in the regular season). Yeah...I think I would probably take Rocket Richard over Brad Richards....

posted by Stan Fields at 11:29 PM on May 31, 2004

So would I. Can you imagine if PEI started riots for Richards like Montréal did for Richard? I'm picturing four people with placards and about three dozen Japanese tourists taking pictures.

posted by DrJohnEvans at 07:56 AM on June 01, 2004

Upon further review it turns out the Lightning are actually 8-0 in the playoffs when Richards scores a goal (and 30-0-2 in the regular season). He has 7 game winning goals in the playoffs, which is a single-season playoff record. I wonder if the Conn Smythe trophy will be enough to ignite some PEI rioting.

posted by Stan Fields at 11:47 AM on June 01, 2004

Get out the potato cannon.

posted by DrJohnEvans at 02:34 PM on June 01, 2004

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