Dear Person In Charge Of Heaven
You had your priest make all the boys in grade seven become altar boys, even though several of us would rather have stuck needles in our eyes. You made us take turns getting up at six in the morning during the summer holidays so we could ride our bikes to the church, [...]
July 12, 2009 in Bob Gainey, Montreal Canadiens
Tags: altar boys, Bob Gainey, Habs, Stanley Cup | No Comments »
Forward Kyle Chipchura has signed a one-year contract with the Habs. Chipchura may or may not prove to be a good NHL’er. It’s still in the works. He’s just not a big point-getter.
Details about this signing are right here .
July 11, 2009 in Bob Gainey, Montreal Canadiens
Tags: Bob Gainey, Habs, Kyle Chipchura. | 8 Comments »
It’s incredibly easy to figure out who will replace Saku Koivu as the next captain of the Montreal Canadiens. It could be one of the guys who has been on the team for awhile, or it could be one of the new guys, or it could be neither and just have three assistants, or the [...]
July 11, 2009 in Carey Price, Jean Beliveau, Montreal Canadiens, Vancouver Canucks
Tags: Andrei Markov, Bill Durnan, captain of the Montreal Canadiens, Carey Price, Jean Beliveau, Kostitsyn brothers, Maxim Lapierre, Roberto Luongo, Saku Koivu | 6 Comments »
Travis Moen is the newest Canadien, bringing his six foot, two inch, 215 pound frame to the left wing, thereby making Montreal even better, and tougher. Moen was in San Jose, so he and Saku, who is on his way to Anaheim, may pass each other somewhere around Des Moines.
More and more, the team is shaping [...]
July 10, 2009 in Anaheim Ducks, Bob Gainey, Chicago Blackhawks, Montreal Canadiens, San Jose Sharks
Tags: Des Moines, Habs, Saku Koivu, Travis Moen | 11 Comments »
The Canadiens have added a real nice defenceman by signing big, strong ten-year veteran Paul Mara to the lineup. The 6′4′, 212 lb. Mara comes from the Rangers, and has also played previously with Tampa Bay, Phoenix, and Boston.
It’s nice to see some good size added (along with Hal Gill), and Mara’s the perfect age [...]
July 10, 2009 in Bob Gainey, Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Phoenix Coyotes, Tampa Bay Lightning
Tags: Andrei Markov, Bob Gainey, Hal Gill, Paul Mara, PK Subban, Red Fisher | 17 Comments »
This beautiful piece of art measuring more than two feet by three feet, was originally in a Quebec school in the 1940’s. It was used, along with other outdoor scenes, as part of student essays or copying or whatever it was they did with it in class. It’s now framed and sits proudly in my living room, and [...]
July 9, 2009 in Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs
Tags: Charlie Conacher, Habs, Leafs, outdoor rinks | 5 Comments »
Would it be wrong to suggest that the twelve best hockey players to come out of Quebec are, in no particular order, Maurice Richard, Jean Beliveau, Mike Bossy, Patrick Roy, Doug Harvey, Henri Richard, Jacques Plante, Guy Lafleur, Ray Bourque, Marcel Dionne, Mario Lemieux…..
And of course, Gaston LeBois?
July 8, 2009 in Gaston, Guy Lafleur, Henri Richard, Jacques Plante, Jean Beliveau, Mario Lemieux, Maurice Richard, Montreal Canadiens, Patrick Roy
Tags: Doug Harvey, Gaston, Guy Lafleur, Habs, Henri Richard, hockey players from Quebec, Jacques Plante, Jean Beliveau, Marcel Dionne, Mario Lemieux, Maurice Richard, Mike Bossy, Patrick Roy, Ray Bourque | 11 Comments »
Saku Koivu has signed with the Anaheim Ducks for one year, $3.25 million clams.
That’s it, the curtain has fallen. Now can we get down to business with the team we have now?
Time to move on. We’ve got a cup to win.
July 8, 2009 in Montreal Canadiens
Tags: Habs, Koivu traded to Anaheim, Saku Koivu | 13 Comments »
Everything’s been written about Alex Kovalev now. It’s pretty well all been said. But Kovalev going to the Senators is still big news and I can’t just drop the subject and move on. So I have to resort to pulling out an old Russian hockey card.
And what about Saku? No one wants him to go, [...]
July 7, 2009 in Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators
Tags: Alex Kovalev, Habs, Moscow Dynamo, Ottawa Senators, Saku Koivu | 3 Comments »
Sacre bleu du buildings du Parliament, merde, tabernac. Alex Kovalev is now an Ottawa Senator, signing for a paltry ten million for two years.
What does this mean?
It means we’re going to see Kovy within our division. And it means we’re going to see Kovy lose often. And it’s kind of like seeing your daughter marry the local wino.
Will [...]
July 6, 2009 in Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators
Tags: Alex Kovalev, Habs, Ottawa Senators, Saku Koivu | 23 Comments »