Most every hockey fan on the west coast knows that Vancouver Canucks’ coach Alain Vigneault is on the bubble. For him, it’s either the Canucks get off to a reasonably good start, or the guy, who coached the Habs for three years in the late 1990’s, will be filing for his unemployment papers.
The problem has been that the coach likes [...]
August 28, 2008 in Buffalo Sabres, Montreal Canadiens, Vancouver Canucks
Tags: Alain Vigneault, Buffalo, Canucks fans, Canucks TV broadcasts, Daniellia, der Habinator, ferries, Habs, hockey, Markus Naslund, Montral Canadiens, NHL, Toronto, Vancouver, Vancouver Canucks, Vancouver Sun | 5 Comments »
I have to admit it. I miss der Habinator. We hit the wall not long ago, and an era ended. Not a long era, but a colourful one.
Der Habinator was a regular reader and commentor to this site, and I’m hoping that soon, I’ll look and there will be his name, and under his name a rambling, abstract commentary [...]
August 14, 2008 in Montreal Canadiens, Uncategorized
Tags: 1950's beat writers, der Habinator, Habs blog, hockey, Montreal, Montreal Canadiens, NHL | 3 Comments »
GAME 2
Regular reader and commentor-extrordinaire, Der Habinator, checked in today before the big game got underway, and what he said was dead-on. Knute Rockne or Dick Irvin Sr. couldn’t have said it any better. And although der Habinator may have done just a little too much acid when he was younger, he’s a good, solid Habs fan.
So today, we’re starting [...]
April 12, 2008 in Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens
Tags: Alex Kovalev, Andrei Markov, Bell Centre, Bob Cole, Boston Bruins, Carey Price, Christopher Higgins, der Habinator, Don Cherry, Montreal Canadiens, Roman Hamrlik, Ron McLean, Tomas Plekanec | 1 Comment »