Game 1: Habs @ Bruins (a must win, obvi...)

[Red Right Ankle]

We had ours at my in laws' house, so we had cases of good wine and beer.  Good times plus my stepfather-in-law bought way too much for 50 guests, so we got to keep a whole bunch of it.  I'm frankly surprised I remember most of the first year of my marriage considering how many bottles of good red wine we went through.

 

[PedroSpecialK]

I'm still trying to get over the fact that 12-year olds can legally get married in this country.

 

 

[Salem's Lot]

If you can't afford to provide your wedding guests with open bar for at least the cocktail hour, then have a smaller fucking wedding. I get that certain people are just against drinking in general, so if they don't want their guests getting hammered at the wedding then I get that. I wouldn't go to that wedding unless I had to, but I get that. If it's strictly a cost issue then don't invite every aunt and uncle and have an open bar with the people you really want to hang out with.

 

[DJnVa]

 

[TSC]

My best friend and his (word we're no longer allowed to use that starts with a C and rhymes with cunt) of a fiancée are getting married in July. His parents offered to pay for open bar. The bride to be shot it down because she didn't want people getting drunk and not paying attention to her on HER day.

In other news. I'm accepting applications for a new best friend.

 

[Ed Hillel]

 

 
You mean BSF isn't 12?

 

[BoSoxFink]

 
You mean BSF isn't 12?

uhhhh I'm 13 now ya jerk!

 

[cshea]

Marchand not skating. The speculation is that he is sick.

 

[Ed Hillel]

This is the one series I think the team really needs to stay disciplined, so no Marchand isn't the worst thing in the world to start off the series imo.

 

[TheRealness]

This is the one series I think the team really needs to stay disciplined, so no Marchand isn't the worst thing in the world to start off the series imo.

 
Yes it is. He's a key part of their offense and second line. If he's out, that's a big loss for Game 1.

 

[RedOctober3829]

Every NYC-area wedding I've ever been to has been a full open bar, but most Vermont weddings I've been to has had either wine/tap beer only(everything else cash) or cocktail hour open only.  My best friend's wedding was the worst.  He gave everybody 2 drink tickets and the rest was cash.  Everybody was taking money out of their gift envelopes and using it to pay for drinks. 
 
The best wedding ever was a friend of our families who are real rednecks.  The wedding was at a state park in Vermont by a lake.  The reception was in a grange hall and it was BYOB.  We brought 30-racks and got absolutely shitfaced.

 

[locknload]

Here's the thing about open bar.  If you don't have one, or at least open bar wine/beer, that is the only thing that people will remember about your wedding.  Could be in the most beautiful venue, go off with out a hitch and have perfect weather.  Ask a guest two years later (at least guys) "oh yeah that was the wedding with the drink tickets".

 

[TheoShmeo]

 
Yes it is. He's a key part of their offense and second line. If he's out, that's a big loss for Game 1.

Agreed.  The overreaction to Marchand's mistakes has been profound.  He missed a few nets and has been too easy to call penalties on at times.  But the guy kills penalties, plays on a terrific line and is part of what they do.  More generally, losing any of the 12 forwards would suck, especially with Kelly still out.

 

[locknload]

Any word on Kelly besides him not practicing?  Did get gangrene or something?  He's been out close to a month now.

 

[smastroyin]

What you should do is have your wedding lakeside, and make everyone canoe to it.

 

[RedOctober3829]

What you should do is have your wedding lakeside, and make everyone canoe to it.

This would be a wedding disguised as an episode of Darwinism.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Agreed.  The overreaction to Marchand's mistakes has been profound.  He missed a few nets and has been too easy to call penalties on at times.  But the guy kills penalties, plays on a terrific line and is part of what they do.  More generally, losing any of the 12 forwards would suck, especially with Kelly still out.

 
I wasn't overreacting to Marchand's mistakes, I'm more concerned with him crossing the line he skates when it comes to Montreal, especially in the opening game when emotions are high. It's one thing when you're the inferior talent, but that's not Boston anymore. The less emotion in this series, the better for Boston. Less entertaining for hockey fans, but better for Boston. Obviously, I'd rather have him than not, but he definitely concerns me a bit in this series. The other big negative is the depth. The fourth line is much better with Paille on it than Caron. I do think Paille could step onto the second line and perform pretty well, though.

 

[TheoShmeo]

 
I wasn't overreacting to Marchand's mistakes, I'm more concerned with him crossing the line he skates when it comes to Montreal, especially in the opening game when emotions are high. It's one thing when you're the inferior talent, but that's not Boston anymore. The less emotion in this series, the better for Boston. Less entertaining for hockey fans, but better for Boston. Obviously, I'd rather have him than not, but he definitely concerns me a bit in this series. The other big negative is the depth. The fourth line is much better with Paille on it than Caron. I do think Paille could step onto the second line and perform pretty well, though.

I wasn't thinking of you, alone.
 
That said, I'm confident that Clode could remind Marchand of the need not to let his emotions get the better of him and that the same could be effective.  Marchand himself noted that he needed to keep it under control and that he was making it too easy for the refs to call BS penalties on him.

 

[McDrew]

If you can't afford to provide your wedding guests with open bar for at least the cocktail hour, then have a smaller fucking wedding. I get that certain people are just against drinking in general, so if they don't want their guests getting hammered at the wedding then I get that. I wouldn't go to that wedding unless I had to, but I get that. If it's strictly a cost issue then don't invite every aunt and uncle and have an open bar with the people you really want to hang out with.

 
I doubt anything about my wedding was that traditional.  We were paying for it ourselves, we figured out what we really wanted (a great meal with friends/family) and focused on that.  We found a restaurant (The Elephant Walk in Cambridge) we liked that would let us offer the entire Prie Fixe menu(4-5 options for the first two courses each, and a dozen for the entree), and basically had a quick ceremony once everyone got there and before people sat down and ordered.  My wife gives me crap about a lot of stuff (especially canoeing), but I will NEVER complain about how little she demanded for our wedding.  We ended up spending about $800 on beer/wine for the 30 or so people that were drinking (out of 80) and once most of the non-drinkers went home, did a few large rounds of shots to get people as drunk as they wanted to be.  Ended up being less than 10k for everything (tux, dress, rings, food, drinks, cake, photographer)
 
Figure out what's important to you for your wedding and demand that, and just let everything else go.  If your wife really cares about stuff, and you're not paying, just go with it and smile for the pictures. 
 
Also, fuck the Habs.  The B's lost to the Habs the day I got married. 

 

[RSN Diaspora]

I've been to a ton of weddings, and I actually don't think I've ever been to a cash bar wedding. At my wedding, my father-in-law, who is not so much a lush as insanely loyal to his vendors, actually worked out a deal with the one and only liquor store he's been going to for years to have a runner on-call in case the venue (which we were allowed to stock with our own booze) ran out of anything, including after hours. This relieved the one fear I had of everyone not being able to get shitfaced.
 
The things I remember about weddings that I hate would have cash bar at the top of the list had I been to one, but only slightly less contemptible are weddings on holiday weekends--no one wants to spend their Memorial Day weekend in some central Jersey hellhole. I also hate non-Saturday weddings, though I appreciate the unavoidability of some.
 
Also, fuck the Habs. Bruins in six.

 

[TSC]

 
The things I remember about weddings that I hate would have cash bar at the top of the list had I been to one, but only slightly less contemptible are weddings on holiday weekends--no one wants to spend their Memorial Day weekend in some central Jersey hellhole. I also hate non-Saturday weddings, though I appreciate the unavoidability of some.
 
Also, fuck the Habs. Bruins in six.

The wedding I mentioned above with no open bar is on July 3rd. At night. I fucking hate this couple.

 

[kenneycb]

So there's a good chance I'm flying right during Game 2.  My AA flight looks to have WiFi but can anyone speak to reliability of the signal when streaming? 

 

[TSC]

So there's a good chance I'm flying right during Game 2.  My AA flight looks to have WiFi but can anyone speak to reliability of the signal when streaming? 

You won't be able to.

You can keep NHL.com open and Gamethread. But streaming videos is non-existent on in flight wifi.

 

[kenneycb]

Welp it looks like I'm getting to the airport a bit early to try to get on the earlier flight that gets me in right around puckdrop then.  It's either get on the flight or crush some pre-flight Goose Islands in one of the American terminal's shitty restaurant options.

 

[Salem's Lot]

The wedding I mentioned above with no open bar is on July 3rd. At night. I fucking hate this couple.

 
I've always had this theory that couples that plan weddings on holiday weekends want to invite a ton of extended family that they know will send gifts but not be able to attend. That way they get to pocket the cash, not have to pay for the meals & spend the whole time partying with their friends without having to make small talk with those aunts they haven't seen since they were six. In your friends' fiance's case , it sounds like she just gets off on being a pain in the ass. And why cant we say cunt in the game thread anymore?

 

[RSN Diaspora]

The wedding I mentioned above with no open bar is on July 3rd. At night. I fucking hate this couple.

 
Fuck that shit. My best friend got married in the chapel at Fort Belvoir with the reception at the O Club, and it was a really nice event (with an open bar...maybe just beer and wine, I was too drunk to remember), but I most remember two things:
 
1) the open bar cutting off at a certain hour, and a bunch of us going to the bar to order several beers, which we stockpiled on a table. Of course we had to drink them before they got warm, leading to a predictable scene of drunkenness.
 
2) his wife was semi-adopted by the parents of a childhood friend of his, after they learned of her growing up in sort of textbook neglect. Well, she maintained relations with her birth family as I think they more or less acquiesced to her moving in with this other family, and they all came to the wedding. It was like an amalgam of the bar scene in Star Wars and Hee-Haw. Despite the Electric Slide being on the DJ's "Do not play under any circumstances list," the bride's birth aunt was demanding the DJ play it since she was family. I quietly slipped the DJ $50 and instructed him not to play anything they requested.
 
I'm sure those hicks are Habs fans.

 

[NickEsasky]

If the Bruins lose tonight I blame all of you clowns and your wedding talk. Take that shit to TBLTS. 
 
"Ooooh should I have a cash bar?" Fuck you, it's Bruins-Canadiens in the fucking playoffs. 

 

[wiffleballhero]

Maybe Marchand has gone into an existential crisis because of this cash bar issue and can't make the morning skate as a result.
 
Any better explanations?
 
By the way, what is the deal with Kelly? I'd really like to see him skate and maybe sit Thornton for some of these games. Any chance his back gets better in time?

 

[TheRealness]

If the Bruins lose tonight I blame all of you clowns and your wedding talk. Take that shit to TBLTS. 
 
"Ooooh should I have a cash bar?" Fuck you, it's Bruins-Canadiens in the fucking playoffs. 

 
Seriously. 
 
FOCUS.

 

[Ed Hillel]

You guys better relax or one of you is going to have a heart attack:
 

 

[kenneycb]

You guys better relax or one of you is going to have a heart attack:

Thanks god we got rid of Peverley then.

 

[DJnVa]

If the Bruins lose tonight I blame all of you clowns and your wedding talk. Take that shit to TBLTS. 
 
"Ooooh should I have a cash bar?" Fuck you, it's Bruins-Canadiens in the fucking playoffs. 

 
I fear that if we win there will be David Tutera pics in here for game 2.

 

[McDrew]

https://twitter.com/NHLBruins/status/461888461726027776
 
https://twitter.com/NHLBruins/status/461888710175236097

 

[SawxSince67]

Marchand not skating. The speculation is that he is sick.

UPDATE: 11:37 a.m. Bruins coach Claude Julien wouldn't comment on Marchand's status, other than to say that the popular player "took his option." Thursday's morning skate was optional.



http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2014/05/brad_marchand_not_on_the_ice_for_morning_skate.html

 

[Red Right Ankle]

Goodbye, Jordan.  We knew ye too well.

 
 

Marchand not skating. The speculation is that he is sick.

WELCOME BACK JORDAN

 

[TheRealness]

You guys better relax or one of you is going to have a heart attack:
 

 
SOMEONE CALL 911

 

[Ed Hillel]

 
"I'm here. I just received a tweet from Max Pacioretty that he's broken his neck in twelve places and that he has suffered a concussion so bad that he can't even turn the lights on while he's lying in bed. Also, he says Noah is fantastic and that you should all see it when you get the chance, and he wants me to bring him some popcorn. Now bring me that dastardly Chara!"

 

[locknload]

Ok im useless at this work thing this afternoon.  I'm going to buy beer for tonight.

 

[NickEsasky]

Ok im useless at this work thing this afternoon.  I'm going to buy beer for tonight.

Smartest thing posted in this thread all day.  

 

[PedroSpecialK]

I've got Jameson 12 year for tonight

 

[Red Right Ankle]

Smartest thing posted in this thread all day.  

Faint praise especially in reference to any thread you've posted in.

 

[sachmoney]

I'll be drinking $2 PBRs at an undisclosed location.
 
Stick em and kick em.

 

[Spacemans Bong]

You're all cunts. See you for Game 7.

 

[TheRealness]

You're all cunts.

No, you are the cunty one. Spaceman Bon Cuntface.

HABS SUCK

 

[MiracleOfO2704]

You're all cunts. See you for Game 7.

 
http://youtu.be/NaiN8HjEy74?t=5s

 

[Spacemans Bong]

No, you are the cunty one. Spaceman Bon Cuntface.

HABS SUCK

Je ne suis pas cuntface, tabarnak!

 

[Spacemans Bong]

 

 

[Ed Hillel]

Ewww bad words!

Also, pretty sure I just literally bumped into Heather Graham. My boner points to this being a good sign.

 

[54thMA]

You're all cunts. See you for Game 7.

 
Love that headline; "Montreal outskates the Bruins"...............Really?
 
No, Ken Dryden stood on his head and stole the series for those fucking pricks.
 
Seven of the top ten players in total points that year were on the Bruins; 7 out of the top 10.
 
Let that one sink in for awhile; anyway, beat these douchebags tonight.....................
 

 

[AbbyNoho]

NHL.com says the rivalry is one sided and the Bruins are immature 'haters'. So, yeah.
 
 

We had ours at my in laws' house, so we had cases of good wine and beer.  Good times plus my stepfather-in-law bought way too much for 50 guests, so we got to keep a whole bunch of it.  I'm frankly surprised I remember most of the first year of my marriage considering how many bottles of good red wine we went through.

 
Was your gypsy uncle there?