#ddjs lb

[stereax]

hi hello hey !!!

Are you already tired of Four Nations Faceoff? Don't want to watch Auston Matthews wail on the Finnish lack of d-corps tonight? Don't have a way to watch it?

Or: Do YOU want some relatively low-stakes hockey that's highly French, starting at 7 PM Eastern time?

After the success of Wednesday Night in the Dub, the QMJHL took a look at the WHL and said "we're gonna do the same thing, but in Quebecois" and enter: Duel du jeudi soir!

This week's matchup is the Gatineau Olympiques vs the Rimouski Océanic. Rimouski is the second-best team in the Q, with a .730 points percentage, and have already clinched the playoffs. Gatineau is... the second-worst team in the Q, with a .347 points percentage. And last week on DDJS they got shitcanned 9-4. So it's likely enough they get shitcanned again this week. But it'll be fun! And in French!

Also, if you're a Pens fan, you probably know the Océanic as Sidney Crosby's junior team. Did you know the Olympiques are Claude Giroux's junior team? Now you do!

Here's some players I'm keeping my eye on:

Rimouski

Mathieu Cataford (#77): MATCAT! MATCAT!!! Beloved VGK prospect, part of the Jack Eichel trade actually! Doing sicko stuff in the Q. Had a torrid start to the season (36 pts in 20 games) but has slowed down considerably since then, partially because he was part of Team Canada at the WJC! "Our beautiful energy guy from the Q", as van @puckpocketed calls him <3. One of only two Q players to be at the WJC actually, the other being Ethan Gauthier, beloved Volt (hangs up Chekhov's Gun on my wall). Third on the team in points. Played for the Halifax Mooseheads for his first years in the Q, including dragging them through what I understand is a Season From Hell in 23-24, but got shipped up to Rimouski when the Mooseheads decided they needed to rebuild.

Lou Levesque (#67): Boybestfriends with MatCat! Honestly don't know much else about him except that the Océanic got him in part because MatCat wanted his friend from Halifax. Doesn't look like they're linemates right now, though.

Keep an eye out for Alexandre Blais (#22), the leader of the team in points, and Jacob Mathieu (#81), team leader in goals. Also Jonathan Fauchon (#16) who casually leads the entire Q in points but isn't the team leader because he was traded to Rimouski midseason. Blais-Fauchon-Mathieu seems to be their top line, with MatCat as 2C.

Gatineau

Jérémie Minville (#27): Carrying this god damn team on his back, so help him God. Had a shooting percentage of 4.9% with Rouyn-Noranda, including his second year with a shooting percentage of 1.9%. He is a winger. Got traded to Gatineau and remembered he was elite apparently and cranked out a 38G season. He has 29 on the year already this season, too. Also he's from Drummondville (polishes Chekhov's Gun).

Jan Golicic (#21): Only Guy Drafted on the Olympiques. Tampa Bay draft pick. Slovenian! Import drafted to the Q and chose to play with this team instead of trying his luck in the USHL-NCAA pipeline. God bless him, truly.

Lukas Landry (#17): VOLT! Former Drummondville Voltigeur (shoots Chekhov's Gun repeatedly can you tell I have a favorite team in the Q CAN YOU TELL YET). Also he's 5'8". I know nothing else about him :3

Gatineau is what I like to call a "goalie explosion chamber"; they brag about their top goalie having a .878 save percentage and five wins, and they have had one shutout all year. They play at the Centre Slush Puppie and have an open casting call for people who want to play music before their games on the Budweiser Stage. I don't know if they're real?

Lyam Jacques

Lyam Jacques (#22, Gatineau): VOLT! VOLT! VOLT! FORMER VOLTIGEUR! And from Drummondville too!

That's not the important thing about him, though. The Volts acquired him this year and let him play a few games for the home team before trading him off to Gatineau. Where did the Volts get him from, you may ask?

Rimouski. Who cut the veteran forward after 2.5 seasons. And traded him to the Volts for a 2025 7th-round pick. (Which, by major junior standards, is basically future considerations.) And then the Volts played him a few games and shipped him off to Gatineau for a 2027 5th.

Is Lyam Jacques good? Not really; he accrues far more penalty minutes than points. Is he playing? Nope, he's been a consistent healthy scratch for Gatineau since he got there. (EliteProspects is lying to you!) Which is saying something, given that Gatineau is such a bottom feeder @neonfretra is naming it after a Cuda player.

But in MY head this is the Lyam Jacques bowl <3 Two teams fighting over a mid-at-best fourth liner, like God intended <3 Loser has to keep him, no take backsies <3

Are you in? Great! You can watch DDJS FREE on YouTube here! (They archive past DDJSes too!) The game tonight starts at 7 PM Eastern :D

And if that doesn't convince you... well...

Hope to see you in the #ddjs lb tag tonight!!

[endeus]

endeus bud the 50/50 was $27.50...

"Sorry for the confusion, the 50/50 is $27.50… So they didn’t break the $200 record 🥲"

ah. youre right. emptiest town in the world <3333333333333

[seventhroundpick]

i do like how emo the olympiques jerseys are. It's fitting,

[puckpocketed]

hello im very late to the party i had a side quest!! touches rimouski vs gatineau scoresheet .soemthign evil happened here (9-3) (<- juniors score)

[oensible]

why do the teams i root for keep catching cruel and unusual Ls <- voice of a guy who picks teams based on how many cruel and unusual Ls they can take

[knitpurlgoal]

The québécois pronunciation of Ontario is delightful. I’m having so much fun. I don’t know what’s happening

[ffxiv-streamers]

DJ_Luna_K

Final Fantasy 14 Miqo'te (catgirl) vtuber, DJ, and variety streamer. Just a dude who likes his catgirls, no biggie. :D // Est. Nov 2020 // https://discord.gg/bluemiqo // Twitter: @Tromad2 // Pioneer DDJ FLX10, Virtual DJ software // Owner of the Blue Miqo'te: Crystal Goblin LB W7 P6 (FFXIV

[vtuber-boostin]

DJ_Luna_K

Final Fantasy 14 Miqo'te (catgirl) vtuber, DJ, and variety streamer. Just a dude who likes his catgirls, no biggie. :D // Est. Nov 2020 // https://discord.gg/bluemiqo // Twitter: @Tromad2 // Pioneer DDJ FLX10, Virtual DJ software // Owner of the Blue Miqo'te: Crystal Goblin LB W7 P6 (FFXIV

[stereax]

hey ou est le broadcast HEY WE'RE BACK <3 also did you know this is called Thursday Night Showdown en anglais. I like ddjs lb better than tns lb tho. thoughts? que pensez-vous?

[endeus]

"The 50/50 reached $275, a record amount for Rimouski! 🎉🎉" empty ass town

[seventhroundpick]

hiiii last week my beloved prospect was -6 so I'm hoping this specific game goes better for him maybe me watching helps ok godspeed to golicic and probably the entire team needs luck

[puckpocketed]

hello ive escaped interviews with jocks (it was actually really fun theyre so lovely) is matcat winning also stereax got snapped .?

[oensible]

one last cough down the mic before cutting to ads. #highart

[knitpurlgoal]

What a great way to remember I’ve lost all my French

[midoriyasbones]

Don't mind me. I'm just here, hoping that my notebook arrives until December, ya know? Just chilling...AHG UH DDJ JK HC GO LEU JK H L BL OGD LB V !!!!!I DON'T WANNA MISS THE CHALLENGE FML!!!!!!

lkjhLKJDSHFLKJH MOOD

[stereax]

woof the chat is saying the océanic have a record attendance tonight with... 254. fans. in the building.