Our newly minted captain's top ten goals as a Hab (courtesy of RDS).
A stroll down memory lane and my visit to the Montreal Forum in 1993. Some highlights include my sister's jean on jean outfit, Jacques...
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Our newly minted captain's top ten goals as a Hab (courtesy of RDS).
O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done / The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won/ ....well not yet, but maybe soon. The Canadiens officially announced Brian Gionta as captain today and I am THRILLED with the decision!
I'm tired of reading about Carey Price, talking about Carey Price, and analyzing glorified scrimmages. So instead of summing up yet another game where only eight or so legitimate NHLers dressed, I thought I would take a look back into recent history and list my favorite hockey fuck-ups. I have no specific time period or order. These are just five great terrible moments that sprung to mind as I began writing.
*Disclaimer: I don't boo the home team and I don't boo home-team players. BUT, I thought I would take this opportunity to maybe explore the act of booing, and to some end, justify it's presence it professional sports. I am playing devils advocate here because my feelings are strong in the matter of what it means to be a fan, spectator, and consumer of entertainment. Feel free to disagree, or even boo my article...that's the whole point!
The Montreal Canadiens play their first exhibition game tonight against the Boston Bruins. Exhibition games mean so little to me and how I perceive the upcoming season. I mean, it's great for moral if the the Habs can win a few, but they are by no means a way to gauge how an upcoming season will look. With that said here is a very brief preview:
The NHL released a video to all 30 clubs today outlining the new head shot rule, as well as clarifying rules for other forms of contact. I love that they did this, and I love that the NHL made the video public so the entire fan base can inform themselves on these rules.
During my daily Habs news scour I came across this ad. Seems like we need yet another in game host for Habs home games. The worst part of attending a Habs game is the in-game entertainment. Especially because it usually cuts short an impromptu chant. When the whole Bell Centre erupts into a deafening Olé chant we don't want to be stopped to watch two stupid electronic cars pretend race. We don't want to stop our cheers to watch lame girls "exercise" for Energie Cardio, and why is it that the stupidest fan always ends up being the one chosen to guess the player?
Allen McInnis of the "Montreal Gazette" caught some great footage of the Habs at their annual golf tournament yesterday. Josh Gorges has great form :)
Click READ more to watch the BEST Habs mash up I have ever seen. LIterally, it's amazing. So well done. I never get this excited by a YouTube video – well except for the oldie but goodie "Janice it Hurts" that's a classic that makes me laugh every time.
I agree with Damian Cox in his futility assessment concerning rookie camps. So while there are a plethora of rookie camp story lines I could take up and write about, I want to instead look to the future and make my 2010/2011 season predictions. The first of which is that 9 out of 10 won't happen and my credibility as a forecaster will be lower than Pierre McGuire's (remember his man-love affair with Komisarek and how he's take the Leafs to the promised land). So without further ado...my predictions
I had drunk one too many aperitifs and was on my third glass of wine. Not exactly how I pictured my first time – picking players for an NHL Fantasy Draft that is. I signed up through my favorite Habs website, Habsinsideout, and though have I participated in many hockey pools, this was my first time venturing into the realm of Fantasy sports. My track record with hockey pools has been pretty good – last spring I won the Gainey Foundation Playoff pool, and I generally finish in the top three in my office pools (save for that one season when I seemed to be a defensive curse, and all my defense picks ended up on the IR).
A lot of talk in the past couple days about Quebec City, their attempts at getting funds for a new arena, and the desire for an NHL team to follow. If you build it, they will come...but in this case, I kinda hope they don't. Before I get on Pauline Marois's shit-list, let me explain why, if a seventh team comes to Canada, I'd rather it be Winnipeg over Quebec city.
