Michael Felger's Annual Montreal Canadiens Schadenfreude Celebration
98.5 The Sports Hub's Michael Felger hates the Canadiens more than anything else in the sports world. He's stated multiple times that his hate for the Canadiens might even be stronger than any love he has for anything in sports.
So each year when the Canadiens get eliminated from the playoffs, it's a happy day for Michael Felger. While this year's romp was notably toned down from last year's (you can listen to that one here) on account of DeflateGate dominating the local news cycle AND the Boston Bruins failing to make the playoffs, the show nevertheless went on.
Here's what Mike had to say on Wednesday, after the Lightning eliminated the Habs.
I'm a bad person.
I'm a loser.
My team doesn't even make the playoffs, but the Canadiens get bounced in the playoffs and I'm celebrating.
That's a loser move.
I am a loser and a bad person.
I can't help it. It's the one team that I just cannot -- I can't -- bring any level of objectivity to it. It's really more about the Canadiens than even the Bruins. It's the Canadiens.
What a shame. That's too bad they lost last night. Boy, I really thought they were coming on there. They came back from 3-0 to 3-2, things are going their way, MVP candidate in net, great regular season, I mean, that's too bad.
They just sort of ran out of steam, that's too bad.
Our intern back there, Chris Picher, hopefully your dad's not listening Chris. I know it's a tough day in your household, sorry about that. That's just too bad.
What a shame.
That's too bad.
Carey Price is going to win the MVP, you've got the best goalie in the league at the peak of his powers. Good regular season, good balanced team, quick, speedy, you know how to play in your own end -- this is your year!
MVP and the Vezina! That's a shame. What a shame.
If anything's going to cheer me up, maybe it's that.
What's our buddy Tony Marinaro doing up in Canada today?
Audio from Marinaro's Wednesday morning show: "Nine minutes past 10 o'clock. ... Good morning -- for some ... not for others. ... Where do we begin?"
Poor guy. I can't hear Tony in this state. It's not the Tony Marinaro that I know.
It's just ... my condolences. It's too bad.
I thought this was the team. I thought that this was the year.
Too bad.
Sorry about that.
