Standing By: The Terry and Ted Podcast · Terry and Ted

The Habs suck and it's our fault

February 5, 2025·58 min·3 clips

Juraj Slafkovsky has "signed a $60 million contract in the offseason," but Ted says he still has not been consistent.

1. Standing By: The Terry and Ted Podcast uses "The Habs suck and it's our fault" to move from birthday talk into Montreal sports, local restaurants, pickleball, and sponsor reads. 2. Terry and Ted are the named hosts, and their back-and-forth matters because they trade memories, jokes, and local references instead of formal interview questions. 3. The episode asks what Montreal life feels like right now, using the Canadiens, pizza spots, pickleball courts, and a Super Bowl fundraiser as the main proof points. 4. Terry says his mother is turning 89 on February 5, and the hosts talk about his parents living on their own, his father still driving, and his mother doing crosswords. 5. They compare that with Terry being 66 and noticing stairs differently, especially carrying groceries up a second-story apartment and stepping off a front porch onto a large rock. 6. Terry's father reports that a doctor told him, "you fall now, and you're done," and the hosts treat accidental falls as a real danger for seniors. 7. The conversation turns to food habits, with both men saying they avoid much junk food and only occasionally buy chips at Dollarama or Costco. 8. They spend a long stretch on pickleball, describing it as "a combination of tennis and ping pong" and saying it is easier than tennis but harder than ping pong. 9. Terry recalls outdoor pickleball noise in British Columbia, while Ted describes playing in a gym at Cooper Academy and at Westcourt Social Club in DDO. 10. Westcourt Social Club also has golf simulators with courses like Pebble Beach and Royal Montreal, which Ted says allow golfers to practice the same hole repeatedly. 11. Ted and Terry talk about cleanliness at Westcourt and connect it to Ted's McDonald's job in 1975, when employees had to check bathrooms at least once an hour. 12. The sports section centers on the Canadiens' strong stretch after Christmas, and Terry says the team's play creates a real buzz in Montreal. 13. They name Kirby Dach, Alex Newhook, and Joël Armia as players who have improved, while Ted says he has been disappointed with Juraj Slafkovsky despite his age and talent. 14. Ted says Slafkovsky had 50 points and 20 goals last season and signed a $60 million contract in the offseason, which makes the inconsistency feel more serious. 15. The hosts widen the money discussion by comparing NHL contracts with Premier League salaries and citing a Manchester United player making £330,000 a week. 16. Ted also remembers a fan-letter story about Rod Gilbert being addressed as "Roger Bear," and another auto-correct mishap where "Sam Montembeau" became "Sam Mountain Bowl." 17. The tone is conversational, loosely structured, and full of side turns, with a lot of name-checking, regional detail, and quick jokes. 18. The pace feels like two friends riffing live, with sponsor spots folded into the flow rather than separated cleanly from the main conversation. 19. Listeners who like Montreal sports, local food talk, and aging humor. 20. Listeners wanting a tightly focused interview or serious analysis.

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