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Andrew Smith 🇨🇦

@gr8fuldad.bsky.social

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Proud Canadian who is disappointed in my American cousins but will stand by those on the right side in support over the next four years. The best way to describe the world these days? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot... Go Habs Go

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Andrew Smith 🇨🇦 @gr8fuldad.bsky.social · 18h

It is in my DNA as a born and raised Montrealer to despise all Toronto sports teams. Don’t care if rhe
Jays or Raptors are the only Canadian-based teams, doesn’t mean I’m going to cheer for them because of my passport.

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Andrew Smith 🇨🇦 @gr8fuldad.bsky.social · 1d

Once again, he offers a boat load of criticism but nothing in the way of solutions (to a problem that doesn’t exist).

Andrew Smith 🇨🇦 @gr8fuldad.bsky.social · 2d

Ex-witches?

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Andrew Smith 🇨🇦 @gr8fuldad.bsky.social · 2d

I was referring to the Expos' ownership, who thought fans should come out and watch the Expos for the sake of having the Expos, all the while, as they served as the farm club for MLB.
I would have had more respect for Brochu et al. if they'd at least tried to field a winner, even if they failed.

Andrew Smith 🇨🇦 @gr8fuldad.bsky.social · 2d

I have no interest in rehashing the past to rewatch what was probably one of the slowest and most painful sports deaths of all time. Montreal loves a winner, and when they won, the Expos got fans to come to that awful stadium to watch them play. But if you're not going to try, what did you expect?

Andrew Smith 🇨🇦 @gr8fuldad.bsky.social · 3d

I'm really enjoying telling these knuckle-draggers who are bitching about recently-sung lyrics to 'O, Canada' and demanding they be sung in the "original version" that the "original" version is in French.

Andrew Smith 🇨🇦 @gr8fuldad.bsky.social · 3d

I work early so playing late is not an option. I used to play at 11:30 a.m. every Fridays but now it is not an option. I do still go up to the park and play a little shinny now and then.

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Andrew Smith 🇨🇦 @gr8fuldad.bsky.social · 3d

I played with another guy who had a couple cups of coffee with the Red Wings but spent most of his career in the AHL. his pro career was derailed when a freak, off-season accident caused him to lose 70% vision in one eye. He was still fantastic.

Andrew Smith 🇨🇦 @gr8fuldad.bsky.social · 3d

No, I retired. I just couldn't make the times anymore.

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Andrew Smith 🇨🇦 @gr8fuldad.bsky.social · 3d

I played for three years with Guy Charron who 'only' scored 220 goals in the NHL. It was embarrassing.
Also played with Dana Murzyn. The guy could go from 0 to 60 in two strides, and Mike Rogers who had a couple of 40-goal seasons with Hartford. He could pick the corners like no other.

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Andrew Smith 🇨🇦 @gr8fuldad.bsky.social · 3d

No names come to mind, but you can pencil in any French Canadian worth his salt. It's been more than five years, but how many times was Vincent Lecavallier to the Habs "almost a done deal".

Andrew Smith 🇨🇦 @gr8fuldad.bsky.social · 4d

Shouldn't you be demanding at least scale for a job like this?

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Andrew Smith 🇨🇦 @gr8fuldad.bsky.social · 5d

And polls have shown to be so effective of late.

Andrew Smith 🇨🇦 @gr8fuldad.bsky.social · 5d

The UCP barely won the last election. This is going to kill them in the cities.

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Andrew Smith 🇨🇦 @gr8fuldad.bsky.social · 5d

Possible names"
rizen.com
backinthesaddle.com
secondcuming.com (this may already be a porn site)
jcsbak.com

Rizen |

Rizen.com

Andrew Smith 🇨🇦 @gr8fuldad.bsky.social · 5d

Then she scuttles off to Saudi Arabia, on the taxpayers' dime.
I thought there wasn't enough money? What she wants to accomplish could have been done through a Zoom meeting.

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Andrew Smith 🇨🇦 @gr8fuldad.bsky.social · 5d

I have long argued that had ownership bit the bullet and resigned everyone, even on three year deals, they would have reaped rewards. Attendance before the strike was 26K and rising. Playoff appearances would have been annual as the WC came into play in ‘95, and replacements (Vlad) were on the way.

Andrew Smith 🇨🇦 @gr8fuldad.bsky.social · 6d

I wouldn't go unless I could kick him in the ball sack.

Andrew Smith 🇨🇦 @gr8fuldad.bsky.social · 8d

Because one way is easy and it provokes her base, the other way involves leadership.

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Andrew Smith 🇨🇦 @gr8fuldad.bsky.social · 9d

Yeah, but he wore a tan suit and looked damn good in it.

Andrew Smith 🇨🇦 @gr8fuldad.bsky.social · 9d

You know, generally, I have a contempt for all Toronto sports teams, but I kind of want the Blue Jays to win just to see how Trump reacts.

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Andrew Smith 🇨🇦 @gr8fuldad.bsky.social · 9d

I never thought I would see the day when American Republicans would side with a draft dodger over a veteran who was a POW, but here we are.

Andrew Smith 🇨🇦 @gr8fuldad.bsky.social · 10d

Such a bizarre hill to die on.

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Andrew Smith 🇨🇦 @gr8fuldad.bsky.social · 10d

I was at the game last night and the winning goal was right infront of me. The patience Demidov showed was that of a seasoned vetran.
Honestly, if Wolf doesn't make a bunch of great saves, that game would have been won handily by the Canadiens.

Andrew Smith 🇨🇦 @gr8fuldad.bsky.social · 11d

Wonder if the federal Conservatives are taking notes?