Aren't the iced hockey playoffs still going on then?

If the Leafs are still in it then hell may have frozen over, so no risk of high water.

Yup

They don't start until mid-April and go on until June. The Leafs are in a wild card spot at the moment but a lot could happen over the remaining 14 games of the regular season.

As if I cared.

You don't really mean that.

You'd have loved the Sens/Habs game the other night. The ending was astonishing.

I thought the Habs were a Scottish football team?

Only half of the Hibs team are actually Scots. The rest are from other bits of The British Isles (excluding a token frog).

The Habs, like all NHL teams, are Canadians, Yanks or Northern/Central Europeans.

An interesting thing about the Habs is that they are a very good team at the same time as being very small blokes. Eight of the 20-man roster are under six foot (five under 5' 10"). Not one of the Sens is under six foot, and they are not the biggest team in the NHL.

Size clearly does not matter.

It does in the Play Off's when people start roughing each other up a little more.

I remember Vancouver winning two league's in a row but their skill and size being no use because you are allowed to start hitting people more in the cup/knock out part. Teams of brutes like Boston more suited.

So am I putting May 2nd on the calendar....it's got to be written on their otherwise it's not binding in this house

Thanks! I have no idea where the calendar is plus I am plain lazy.

I will tip my tipple to you all on the night, in a remote tippling type way.

OK - we're in too. It's on the calendar and at least we think we know what some of you look like now, so we don't have to challenge innocent locals who have a British look about them.

I think you met James, Oakvillian and us two last time. I think we'll all be there by the sound of it. Looking forward to meeting you again.

Ooh hadn't thought of not recognising anyone....shall I wear a clichéd flower and if you like the look of me you can come and introduce yourselves?

You do draw certain mental images from avatars/posts... We'll i do anyway!

That would spoil all the fun, Tirytory! You have to slink round, trying to hear conversations and accents (in a busy pub on a Friday night) and declare yourselves to complete strangers who haven't a clue what you're on about! Only joking - we did have a preferred table to meet at - although come to think of it, that failed miserably.