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<title><![CDATA[Mutinerie à bord (chefs du PQ/entraîneurs du CH)]]></title>
<link>http://patinagehorsglace.com/2009/10/27/mutinerie-a-bord/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Après quatre victoires, Bob Gainey doit respirer mieux : suite à la défaite contre Ottawa, quelques ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Après quatre victoires, Bob Gainey doit respirer mieux : suite à la défaite contre Ottawa, quelques voix, rares mais perceptibles, avaient déjà, oui, déjà, <a href="http://ruefrontenac.com/bertrandraymond/11958-chronique">commencé à remettre en question le jugement de Jacques Martin</a>, selon une bonne vieille habitude des partisans du Canadien. Une habitude qu’ils partagent avec les militants du Parti Québécois.</p>
<p>À l’occasion de la démission du chef péquiste André Boisclair, chroniqueurs et caricaturistes se sont régalés de bons mots sur ce parti qui a la <a href="http://archives.vigile.net/05-6/souv-6.html#2">réputation de dévorer ses chefs</a>. Depuis le départ en 1985 de René Lévesque, le chef fondateur, cinq autres ont démissionné, le plus souvent à la suite de dissensions internes. Les trois derniers, Bernard Landry, André Boisclair et Pauline Marois, se sont succédés entre 2001 et 2007. Pour comprendre un tel phénomène, il faut rappeler que le Parti québécois est avant tout une coalition. Divers groupes de militants y poussent chacun les intérêts qui leur tiennent à cœur : les uns veulent accélérer le processus d&#8217;accession à la souveraineté, les autres mettent en priorité la défense du français, ceux-ci sont avant tout des militants de gauche, ceux-là représentent les syndicats. De plus, le degré d’intransigeance varie d’un groupe à l’autre : si certains acceptent de mettre en veilleuse leur cause préférée, le temps que le parti reprenne suffisamment de place dans l&#8217;échiquier politique, d&#8217;autres ne sont prêts à aucun compromis.</p>
<p>Tous les chefs du Parti québécois ont été obligés de ménager ces différentes factions, car ces militants sont aussi de précieux bénévoles, prêts à travailler gratuitement sur le terrain; les « purs et durs » comme on les surnomme, dépensent une énergie folle pour « la cause », donc pour le parti. De plus, tout marginaux qu’ils soient, ces groupes peuvent facilement obtenir de la visibilité dans les médias friands de controverses. Le plus tapageur de ces groupes, le <a href="http://www.spqlibre.org/">SPQ libre</a>, a même obtenu droit de cité dans le parti. Au Parti libéral du Québec, si pointilleux quand il s’agit de l’obéissance, jamais on n’aurait toléré un tel « État dans l’État ». Même l’ADQ, pourtant moins sévère, aurait trouvé le moyen d’étouffer une telle initiative dans l’œuf. Que la dissension s’exprime, soit, mais dans les règles et le bon goût. D’ailleurs, le SPQ libre est réputé avoir <a href="http://www.ledevoir.com/2007/03/29/137385.html">obtenu la tête d’André Boisclair</a>. Avant lui, Lucien Bouchard a  claqué la porte en 2001, excédé des reproches qui lui étaient adressés au sein du parti par rapport à l&#8217;<a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affaire_Michaud">affaire Michaud</a>. Après plusieurs années de querelles intestines, les « purs et durs » étaient venus à bout de la patience de l’un des premiers ministres les plus charismatiques que le Québec a connus.</p>
<p>Dans un vestiaire de hockey, il y a toujours « <a href="http://www.radio-canada.ca/sports/hockey/2009/03/18/001-carbo-mercredi.shtml">un tiers des joueurs qui ne t&#8217;aime pas, un tiers des joueurs qui t&#8217;aime et un tiers qui balance entre les deux</a> », a expliqué Guy Carbonneau lors de la conférence de presse qui a suivi son congédiement du poste d’entraîneur-chef du Canadien. On lui avait demandé s’il y avait des « pommes pourries »; sans les nommer, M. Carbonneau a fait allusion aux joueurs qui allaient devenir autonomes sans compensation au mois de juillet suivant.</p>
<p>De l’aveu même de Georges Laraque, attaquant du Tricolore, lorsqu’une équipe va mal, il est plus facile de congédier l’entraîneur que les joueurs. De plus, le loquace ailier a confirmé un secret de Polichinelle : la saison dernière, l’équipe était <a href="http://www.cyberpresse.ca/sports/hockey/200909/27/01-906022-laraque-le-climat-de-lan-dernier-etait-lourd-et-negatif.php">divisée en clans</a>. « Il y a des gars qui ne se parlaient pas, a raconté Laraque. Il y avait des cliques. Les Français ici, les Russes là, les Tchèques dans un coin, les Anglos dans l&#8217;autre. Les gars s&#8217;occupaient de leurs petites affaires sans jamais penser à l&#8217;équipe. »</p>
<p>Tout comme un premier ministre peut être plus populaire auprès de la population que dans son propre parti, un entraîneur peut être plus populaire auprès des partisans que de ses propres joueurs. Les partisans et de nombreux chroniqueurs ont jeté le blâme sur les joueurs, des « bébés gâtés millionnaires », et Guy Carbonneau a reçu une chaleureuse ovation au <a href="http://videos.tva.canoe.ca/video/varietes/gala-artis-2009/30090186001/ovation-a-guy-carbonneau/21104941001">gala des Artis</a>. Évidemment, on a fébrilement recherché les <a href="http://www.cyberpresse.ca/sports/hockey/200903/09/01-834782-les-joueurs-ont-eu-la-tete-de-carbo-estiment-bergeron-et-demers.php">responsables de son éviction</a>. Les chroniques des <em>joueurnalistes</em>, les blogues de fans et les commentaires connexes ont avancé les spéculations les plus probables comme les plus farfelues : <a href="http://www.cyberpresse.ca/sports/hockey/200904/07/01-844271-michel-blanchard-rip-le-ch.php">Alex Kovalev</a>, <a href="http://10putes.com/2009/07/06/markov-tanne-de-carbo/">Carey Price, Andrei Markov</a>&#8230; et même <a href="http://blogues.cyberpresse.ca/lnh/?p=1562">Mathieu Dandenault</a>! Des mois après ce congédiement, <a href="http://sports.blogue.canoe.com/pcaisse/2009/09/15/l_entraineur_ou_les_joueurs">on en discutait encore</a>. Dans cette intrigue qui ressemblait à une mauvaise imitation des romans d’Agatha Christie, Saku Koivu a tenu le rôle de principal suspect. « Koivu a eu la tête d’un autre coach », persiflaient ses détracteurs. Comment, se disait-on, le capitaine pouvait-il toujours occuper ce poste alors que pas moins de six entraîneurs avaient été éjectés pendant son règne? Et puis, le fils du propriétaire n’était-il pas un ami proche du joueur finlandais? Malgré quelques <a href="http://blogues.cyberpresse.ca/gagnon/?p=70314633">plaidoyers</a> en sa faveur, dont celui tout récent de Laraque, Saku Koivu a servi de coupable tout désigné à ceux qui en avaient besoin.</p>
<p>Guy Carbonneau n’est que le dernier de la longue suite d’entraîneurs qui se sont succédés derrière le banc des Canadiens. Avant lui, Jacques Demers, Mario Tremblay, Alain Vigneault, Michel Therrien et Claude Julien, pour ne nommer que ceux-là, ont été sacrifiés à l’indiscipline des joueurs et à la mauvaise humeur des partisans.</p>
<p>Pour l’instant, Jacques Martin est bien en selle. La chimie semble bien installée chez les joueurs, le système de l’entraîneur commence à produire des effets, l’équipe connaît une série de victoires&#8230; En tenant ses ouailles dans le droit chemin, Jacques Martin devrait piloter les Glorieux pendant un bon bout de temps.</p>
<p>Espérons-le, du moins, car ce serait triste si on commençait à plaisanter que le Canadien change plus souvent d’entraîneur que le Parti québécois change de chef. Ce serait encore plus triste si on commençait à plaisanter que le Parti québécois change plus souvent de chef que le Canadien change d’entraîneur.</p>
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<p>- Comme prévu, j’ai acheté le livre de Bob Sirois, <em>Le Québec mis en échec</em>, mais je n’ai pas encore eu le temps de le lire. Ma critique arrivera bientôt. Avant que le sujet soit passé de mode, j&#8217;espère.</p>
<p>- À l’instar de nombreux internautes, je trouve que la guerre des pro-Price et des pro-Halák, sur Internet, prend vraiment des proportions ridicules. Ça me rappelle les adolescentes d’il y a dix ans qui se chamaillaient pour déterminer qui, des Backstreet Boys ou de *NSYNC, était le meilleur <em>boys band</em>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Can we please finally close this chapter?]]></title>
<link>http://allhabs.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/can-we-please-finally-close-this-chapter/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[posted by RocketAll Habs After the first game of the season, with the Montreal Canadiens losing thei]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Habs Win In OT VS The Sabres]]></title>
<link>http://paganmedia.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/habs-win-in-ot-vs-the-sabres/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Oh yeah baby, the hockey season is on and my beloved wonderful team the Montreal Canadians edged out]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Oh yeah baby, the hockey season is on and my beloved wonderful team the Montreal Canadians edged out the Buffalo Sabres in OT by a score of 2-1. For the second game of the hockey season,  les habitants de montréal took the game and two points in OT. Carey Price continues to be outstanding and excellent in his goaltending net. The game last night was quite a chippy rough physical game.</p>
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This article is written and owned by: Arnelle Durocher</span></p>
<p>In the first period Buffalo owned the habs. However in the second and third period Les habitants owned and dominated the Sabres. They threw the Sabres in confusion when they came flying out, skating, and one upped any physical combat that the Sabres handed them. My team is looking good this year with the new young players and the trades that occured over the course of the summer.</p>
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In fact the line of Gomez, Cammalleri and Gionta whom produced the game winning OT goal last night is an impressive line. Whenever they are on the ice action occurs. Gomez in fact reminds me in many ways of some of  the Montreal players of old. He is small, but he can take anything physical, he checks and is not fearful of receiving a check, he is not afraid of getting in the corners and fighting for the puck. If someone invites him into fisticuffs he will not back down even though the opposing player is looming over him in size.</p>
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<p>He reminds me of players of old like Guy Carbonneau, Mats Naslund, Henri Richard, Yvan Cournoyer type of players. In fact he also reminded me of the old Nordiques pain in the ass player to hate Dale Hunter. This line of Gomez, Cammalleri and Gionta also reminded me of the old line of Mario Tremblay, Doug Risebrough and Pierre Bouchard. That line when they first arrived in the NHL and played for Montreal used to get on the ice and there was always action and physical combat with them.</p>
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<p>Buffalo scored a power play goal in the first period. The Habs answered the Sabres in the second and took the win and two points in OT.</p>
<p>The announcers had some difficulty with Montreal&#8217;s second period goal, however the refs were on par, the goal was in the net befor the net was off its mooring. This video shows the replay on the puck in the net before the net was pushed off its mooring. The goal rightfully counted.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/lRIF-S_8Nus&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/lRIF-S_8Nus&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p><strong><em>GOAL SCORERS</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>MTL:   T. Moen (SHG, 12:33 &#8211; 2nd) , B. Gionta (02:42 &#8211; OT) </em></strong><br />
BUF:   T. Connolly (PPG, 02:40 &#8211; 1st)<br />
<em><strong>GOALIESMTL: C. Price (W)<br />
BUF: R. Miller (L</p>
<p>Three star selections<br />
1st:  	CAREY PRICE<br />
2nd:  	BRIAN GIONTA<br />
3rd:  	TYLER MYERS</p>
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<p><strong><em>The Habs next stop is in Calgary to take on the Flames on Tuesday Oct 6 . Don&#8217;t miss the game Habs fans.</em></strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Hired: Ex-Canadiens Coach Carbonneau]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ex-Montreal Canadiens&#8216; Head Coach Guy Carbonneau has been hired as an analyst on Canada&#8217;]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Newest Senator Alexei Kovalev "Disappointed" He's No Longer A Canadien]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Alex Kovalev, As A Montréal Canadien Perhaps Dany Heatley should thank Ottawa Senators newcomer Alex]]></description>
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<p>Perhaps Dany Heatley should thank Ottawa Senators newcomer Alex Kovalev for taking some of the attention away from him.</p>
<p>Kovalev, who has a long history of making controversial statements, has stirred up new issues in Ottawa with choice comments about his passion for the Montréal Canadiens, the team he was with before signing with the Senators.</p>
<p>Addressing the media at his annual charity golf tournament in Montreal on Thursday, Kovalev said his first choice was to return to the Canadiens, rather than coming to Ottawa, where he signed a two-year, $ 10-million U.S. contract, and that, in a perfect world, he would finish his career playing at the Bell Centre.</p>
<p>&#8220;I was disappointed ; I thought for sure I&#8217;d be staying here,&#8221; Kovalev said, when asked about not being re-signed by Canadiens general manager Bob Gainey. &#8220;I couldn&#8217;t really understand what had just happened. In the end, I took it from a business point of view. You had a chance to stay here, and you didn&#8217;t, so you just go and do the job somewhere else, but maybe somewhere in the future I&#8217;ll be back again, and get the same support.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been back to Montreal four or five times in the last three weeks. Every time you see a fan on the street, [they say] they&#8217;re really disappointed. That&#8217;s why I say, maybe after two years I&#8217;ll be back again. It definitely would be nice to retire here, but it&#8217;s not for me to talk about Montréal — I&#8217;m part of another organization. I&#8217;m going to go there and do the best I can, and we&#8217;ll see what happens.&#8221;</p>
<p>When the Canadiens didn&#8217;t show Kovalev money or security, he says the Senators were one of the few teams willing to offer him more than a one-year contract.</p>
<p>&#8220;We couldn&#8217;t get any better offer from anybody else,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Ottawa was kind of the last choice for us. If we didn&#8217;t sign, we were going to end up some place else for one year.&#8221;</p>
<p>The comments fall far short of a ringing endorsement for his new organization, particularly with training camp only two weeks away and the Senators also dealing with the ongoing Dany Heatley trade request saga.</p>
<p>Senators general manager Bryan Murray, however, downplayed the comments from Kovalev, who left North America Friday for a three-day orientation camp with the Russian Olympic team.</p>
<p>&#8220;I believe what Alex expressed at his charity golf tournament in Montréal reflected his sincere appreciation of what the Canadiens did for him, his wife and sons,&#8221; Murray said in a statement. &#8220;Once Alex and his family get to know Ottawa and our great fans, he may want to retire in our region, as many NHLers have done and intend to do.</p>
<p>&#8220;I wish Alex all the best at Russia&#8217;s Olympic team camp over the next few days and look forward to seeing him in Ottawa in a Senators jersey.&#8221;</p>
<p>Kovalev did acknowledge his appreciation for the warm welcome he received from the Senators when he was introduced here in July.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s definitely important for any player to feel that welcome to the city. Everybody knows how uncomfortable a situation it is when you play in a city for a long time and then have to go to a different city.&#8221;</p>
<p>Kovalev also touched on the Heatley saga, suggesting the waters might be rough for both Heatley and the fans if he returns to the team.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s definitely not going to be easy in the first couple of months, and maybe the fans aren&#8217;t going to be on his side, but eventually, if he plays well and the team plays well…if he stays, it would be great. I&#8217;m sure the players will back him up a little bit because he has always been important to the club. You definitely have to make it comfortable for him to come back.&#8221;</p>
<p>Kovalev has been in the middle of several controversies before. He openly questioned former Canadiens coach Guy Carbonneau for his decision-making process late in a game, questioning why the coach didn&#8217;t call a timeout to get the proper players on the ice.</p>
<p>A Russian newspaper also quoted Kovalev as saying Carbonneau favoured French-Canadian players over Russian players. However, Kovalev denied he had said that.</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[NHL Defensive Minded Prospects Not Valued]]></title>
<link>http://changingonthefly.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/nhl-defensive-minded-prospects-not-valued/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>changingonthefly</dc:creator>
<guid>http://changingonthefly.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/nhl-defensive-minded-prospects-not-valued/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Whenever I read prospect analyses and biographies I tend to cringe. It’s especially unbearable when ]]></description>
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<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">Whenever I read prospect analyses and biographies I tend to cringe. It’s especially unbearable when the player in question is a forward.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">I find it ignorant to think that the only value a player has is his ability to put the puck in the net.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">Every time a player is drafted, the first thing that’s examined is his point production. Sure, critics pass judgment on his two-way play and his face-off acumen, if we’re talking about a centre.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">But what if that player&#8217;s best asset is his defensive skills? Are we just going to assume that this young chap is not valuable?</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">Defense is a very important aspect in the game of hockey, particularly in today’s NHL where power plays are a dominate factor.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">I would love to draft and develop a player like </span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">New Jersey</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">’s John Madden. When he started playing he wasn’t a great scorer, but he could skate like the wind and shadow any player in the league.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">Many people would argue that you can find tons of veterans that can play that role.  I disagree because I’m not talking about role players. Sure, you can find veterans who can stick to the system and play dependable hockey.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">I’m talking about young players that can step into the league and shut down opposing scorers like nobody’s business.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">And that’s their skill, that’s it. They eventually learn to score about 25 goals and add 25 assists, but their value is their defense.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">Players like John Madden, Mike Peca, Jere Lehtinen, Kris Draper, Esa Tikkanen, Jan Erixon, Guy Carbonneau, and Bob Gainey don’t grow on trees.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">They had an intangible skill that’s just as important as producing hundred point seasons.<br />
</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">I feel like screaming when I hear that certain forwards are great two-way checkers, but they’re not ready because their scoring ability is poor.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">If they’re responsible two-way players then let them play. Maybe that’s the most you’ll ever get out of them.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial;">Don’t just let these players disappear into obscurity like many misunderstood prospects.</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Vivre - Ou Mourir - Pour Les Canadiens]]></title>
<link>http://mercuryonline.wordpress.com/2009/07/12/vivre-ou-mourir-pour-les-canadiens/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Julie-Anne</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Vous savez, ça fait longtemps que le hockey fait partie de la culture Québécoise. Dans ma famille, i]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-698" title="montreal_canadiens_1992" src="http://mercuryonline.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/montreal_canadiens_1992.gif?w=300" alt="montreal_canadiens_1992" width="300" height="220" />Vous savez, ça fait longtemps que le hockey fait partie de la culture Québécoise. Dans ma famille, il y a toujours des souvenirs d’hivers de jeunesse concernant le hockey. Par exemple, il y a des frères à mon père qui ont déjà joué avec Mario Lemieux dans leur quartier. Imaginez, il est devenu l’un des meilleurs joueurs de tous les temps ! Bref, s’il y a une place où le hockey est comme une religion, c’est à Montréal avec ses Canadiens.</strong></p>
<p><strong> Je peux vous dire que je suis les Canadiens de Montréal depuis la saison 2002-2003. Je dois vous avouer que c’est à cause de José Théodore… Il était dans ses meilleures années. Malheureusement, ce n’était plus le cas en 2006.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Durant les séries en 2004, j’ai vraiment commencé à m’y intéresser sérieusement. C’est devenu comme une religion pour moi !  Je voulais apprendre toutes les règles du jeu, les équipes, les joueurs importants, etc. J’avais même acheté un collier du Canadien ! Je devenais superstitieuse. Cependant, l’année d’après, il y a eu le lock-out.</strong></p>
<p><strong> Pendant une saison entière, il n’y avait plus de hockey, du moins, dans la NHL. Les directeurs et les joueurs ne s’entendaient pas sur la convention collective. Plusieurs joueurs sont partis jouer en Russie. À Montréal, il y avait un grand vide. Habituellement, les médias sportifs parlent à 80% du Canadien. Heureusement, la saison d’après, en 2005-2006, le hockey de la NHL a repris.</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_89" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 220px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-89" title="théo" src="http://mercuryonline.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/theo1.jpg?w=185" alt="théo" width="210" height="322" /><p class="wp-caption-text">José Théodore</p></div>
<p><strong> On avait quand même de bons joueurs à l’époque : Sheldon Souray, Andrei Markov, Alex Kovalev… Cependant, ce n’était pas leur meilleure saison, ainsi que les années qui ont suivies. Il y a eu tout le tollé entourant José Théodore, concernant son test de dopage positif, sa blessure et tout. Ça m’a fait quelque chose, c’était mon joueur préféré. Il y a eu quelques échanges douteux aussi. De plus, ça m’a un peu fait perdre le goût du hockey, surtout parce que Théodore était parti parce que sa carrière semblait terminée.</strong></p>
<p><strong> L’an passé, il s’est aussi passé une panoplie de choses, que ce soit un vol de sacoche, des joueurs faisant trop la fête, des contacts avec la mafia…Bref, ce n’était pas dans les meilleurs temps. De plus, l’équipe était une véritable montagne russe [quoiqu’il y en avait beaucoup des Russes, dans l’équipe !]. Ils pouvaient commencer la saison d&#8217;une excellente façon, pour la finir en queue de poisson. Ils accédaient souvent aux séries par la porte de derrière. Il y a eu ensuite le départ inattendu de Guy Carbonneau, l’entraîneur-chef, et de Steve Bégin.</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_85" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-85" title="steve4" src="http://mercuryonline.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/steve42.jpg?w=300" alt="steve4" width="300" height="240" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Steve Bégin</p></div>
<p><strong> Gainey avait plusieurs joueurs sans contrat à la fin de la saison. Au lieu de les réembaucher, il a plutôt cherché des joueurs d’impact sur le marché. Il a réussi à mettre la main sur Brian Gionta, Scott Gomez, Mike Cammalleri, Hal Gill, Jaroslav Spacek, Travis Moen, ainsi que Paul Mara. Je suis particulièrement contente pour Gomez, Gionta et Spacek. En plus avec la poignée de jeune que le club dispose, ce sera toute une équipe ! Malgré que certaines personnes trouvent que la plupart sont à petit gabarit, je trouve que ce n’est pas ça l’important. Il y a aussi la vitesse, la vision de jeu, l’endurance et tout…</strong></p>
<p><strong> Par contre, ce n’est pas tout puisque Carbonneau s’est fait virer,</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_102" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 192px"><strong><strong><img class="size-full wp-image-102" title="jmartin" src="http://mercuryonline.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/jmartin1.jpg" alt="Jacques Martin" width="182" height="217" /></strong></strong><p class="wp-caption-text">Jacques Martin</p></div>
<p><strong>en plus de Roland Melanson [</strong><strong>entraîneur</strong><strong> des gardiens de buts] et Doug Jarvis [entraîneur des défenseurs]. Gainey a embauché un nouvel entraineur-chef. Celui-ci n’est nul autre que Jacques Martin. Je trouve que c’est un bon coup de la part du DG. En plus d’être québécois, il a assez d’expérience et a su, par le passé, diriger un des meilleurs trios de la NHL avec les Senators d’Ottawa, avec Spezza, Heatley et Alfredsson. Donc, il a déjà fait ses preuves. Ce n’est pas comme Carbonneau, qui avait peu d’expérience à sa fiche et avait des lacunes dans la communication avec ses joueurs.</strong></p>
<p><strong> Bref, une nouvelle ère commence pour les Canadiens de Montréal !</strong></p>
<p><strong> Alors, rendez-vous au début octobre pour la saison 2009-2010 !</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[What Gainey Brought To Montreal In 2009]]></title>
<link>http://mercuryonline.wordpress.com/2009/07/11/what-gainey-brought-to-montreal-in-2009/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dany Mercury</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Bob Gainey Of all the things I was sure of in this world, Bob Gainey as a very bad General Manager w]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_48" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 196px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-48" title="Gainey" src="http://mercuryonline.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/gainey.jpeg?w=186" alt="Gainey" width="186" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Bob Gainey</p></div>
<p><strong>Of all the things I was sure of in this world, Bob Gainey as a very bad General Manager was at the top of them.</strong></p>
<p><strong>What did he do that was so good ? Pass on Jeff Carter ? Trade Cristobal Huet for a 2<sup>nd</sup> round draft pick ? Trade troubled Mike Ribeiro, a great forward in spite of everything that has been said, for a defenceman, Janne Niinimaa, whose prime was over ?</strong></p>
<p><strong>One of the only good things he had done was trade José Théodore for the young sensation, David Aebischer. We all knew something bad would happen to Aebischer and it did. Roland Melanson took care of him…making him one of the worst goalies in the NHL.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Last season, he had the chance to take the Montreal Canadiens to the top by adding superstar Marian Hossa. Reportedly, the Atlanta Thrashers wanted someone like Chris Higgins in return. Gainey had the unbelievable chance of getting rid of that cancer but he didn’t do it. The Canadiens didn’t last very long in the Playoffs.</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_49" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 256px"><strong><strong><img class="size-medium wp-image-49" title="Gainey2" src="http://mercuryonline.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/gainey2.jpg?w=246" alt="Laura Gainey" width="246" height="300" /></strong></strong><p class="wp-caption-text">Laura Gainey</p></div>
<p><strong>Terrible things happened to Mr. Gainey in the last few years, things that have absolutely no connection to the world of hockey. </strong><strong>On December 8, 2006, Gainey&#8217;s 25 year-old daughter Laura was swept overboard while sailing in the North Atlantic. Gainey temporarily passed his GM duties on to assistant manager Pierre Gauthier while awaiting word on efforts to find Laura. She was sailing on the barque Picton Castle, a sail-training ship based out of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, destined for Grenada. On December 11, it was announced that the search for Laura’s body had been halted. Gainey returned to the Montreal Canadiens in early January.</strong></p>
<p><strong>I have great sympathy for Bob Gainey. What happened to this man, who was known to be a great husband and a great father, is absolutely terrible. No good man deserves that. Whether you hate him or you love him as a GM, you have to respect this great Hall Of Famer.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The first good thing he did was get rid of Guy Carbonneau, who</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_50" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><strong><strong><img class="size-medium wp-image-50" title="carbonneau" src="http://mercuryonline.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/carbonneau.jpg?w=300" alt="Guy Carbonneau" width="300" height="222" /></strong></strong><p class="wp-caption-text">Guy Carbonneau</p></div>
<p><strong>was a good guy, but a very bad coach who switched his lines like it was a video game each and every game. People were very sad, and mad, at Gainey for getting rid of the coach but I knew Gainey had taken the best decision he could. I believe it was nothing personal, just business.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Whatever he did wrong in the past as a GM, that was almost all forgotten in the summer of 2009. That summer, he proved to me that he could be a very good GM.</strong></p>
<p><strong>What he did was great.</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_51" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 243px"><strong><strong><img class="size-medium wp-image-51" title="Gomez" src="http://mercuryonline.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/gomez.jpg?w=233" alt="Scott Gomez" width="233" height="300" /></strong></strong><p class="wp-caption-text">Scott Gomez</p></div>
<p><strong>First of all, I never liked Christopher Higgins. He is known to be a drunk and a drug user. For me, he was a cancer. Bob finally understood that and traded him, along with some underachievers, to the New York Rangers for Scott Gomez and a bunch of young guys.</strong></p>
<p><strong>That was surprising ! I never saw it coming. Gainey, in my own mind, would never trade Higgins. Most of all, I never thought Gainey would do something really good as a GM.</strong></p>
<p><strong>I told myself : “Well, at least he got someone great this year.”</strong></p>
<p><strong>I thought it was over but no, he had other plans ! Gainey went on and signed great players like Mike Cammalleri, Jaroslav Spacek, Hal Gill, Travis Moen, Paul Mara and Brian Gionta.</strong></p>
<p><strong>I couldn’t believe my own eyes.</strong></p>
<p><strong>He tried to make Mike Komisarek his priority but obviously,</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_53" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 210px"><strong><strong><img class="size-medium wp-image-53" title="Komi" src="http://mercuryonline.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/komi1.jpg?w=200" alt="Mike Komisarek" width="200" height="300" /></strong></strong><p class="wp-caption-text">Mike Komisarek</p></div>
<p><strong>Komisarek wanted out of Montreal. He signed with their arch enemies, the Toronto Maple Leafs for too much money in my opinion.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Komisarek wasn’t a great defenceman. He was big, he could hit but often, he seemed out of his league when compared to guys like Lidstrom, Chara or Kaberle. He also had a lot of trouble, like Sheldon Souray, spinning from one side to the other.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Gainey got Hal Gill to replace him which is a very good choice. At $ 2.25 M, Gill was the logical choice to replace Komisarek. He had just won the Stanley Cup so he is a proven defenseman who can hit and take hits. The only real problem with him is his speed.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The same thing goes for Paul Mara, who can score when it is needed as his 63 career goals show.</strong></p>
<p><strong>With the departure of the veteran Mathieu Schneider, Gainey needed someone who could score on the blue line. He got Jaroslav Spacek, who has scored 69 goals in his career and who has been Captain for the Sabres in the past.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Brian Gionta’s amazing speed is certainly something that will help the Montreal</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_56" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 250px"><strong><strong><img class="size-full wp-image-56" title="Gionta" src="http://mercuryonline.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/gionta.jpg" alt="Brian Gionta" width="240" height="240" /></strong></strong><p class="wp-caption-text">Brian Gionta</p></div>
<p><strong>Canadiens for years to come. Although small in stature, he is known for his tenacious play. In 2006, he scored 48 goals for the Devils.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Mike Cammalleri is a proven player, who can score over 30 goals a season. He was an amazing player in Los Angeles and he scored 39 goals last season with the Calgary Flames. He is definitely deserving of a spot on the top line.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Travis Moen is the reason, and the proof, that Georges Laraque should not come back to the club. Moen has almost 500 penalty minutes and is a really tough guy who isn’t overpaid at all while Laraque can barely play without injuring himself.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The only disappointing thing is that Alex Kovalev will not be back as he signed a 2-year deal with the Ottawa Senators. Who can blame him ? The way he has been treated in Montreal is no way to treat a guy you want as Captain.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>The very best thing, however, that Gainey did is not re-sign that sorry excuse for a Captain, Saku Koivu. While Koivu was a good player, he never deserved to be Captain. He was no Richard or Béliveau. Koivu was never there to defend anyone and hid when trouble happened.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Now, he is signed to a one-year contract with his friend Teemu Selanne in Anaheim. Good for him and great for the Canadiens.</strong></p>
<p><strong>With a brand new coach in Jacques Martin, who was a great force behind the bench of the Ottawa Senators in the past, what will the next season bring to the fans ?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Whatever it brings, if it is bad, I do not blame Gainey this time.</strong><strong> </strong></p>
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<link>http://teleduquebec.wordpress.com/2009/06/06/le-vote-pour-karv-l%e2%80%99anti-gala-2009-est-ouvert/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Télé du Québec</dc:creator>
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<link>http://abehefter.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/gainey-gets-his-man-3/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What was Gainey&#8217;s rush?!?!&#8221; &#8220;Boring, defensive hockey comes to the Montreal]]></description>
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<p>&#8220;Boring, defensive hockey comes to the Montreal Canadiens!!!&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The guy has as much personality as a wet noodle.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8230;and so it goes.  Just some of the reaction to this week&#8217;s hiring of Jacques Martin by the Montreal Canadiens as their new head coach.  Personally, I think Jacques Martin is just what the doctor ordered for this ailing franchise.  But apparently, I may be in the minority here.</p>
<p>For starters, let&#8217;s look at the three above-mentioned criticisms.</p>
<p>What was Gainey&#8217;s rush?</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll tell you what was Gainey&#8217;s rush.  Gainey was in a rush to put a head coach into place with some time to spare leading up to the NHL Entry Draft, that will be held June 26-27, at the Bell Centre.  Gainey was in a rush to finally add a sense of stability to a franchise that had been drifting without a full-time head coach since Guy Carbonneau was fired on March 9, and a franchise further set adrift with word that team&#8217;s ownership is about to change  hands. Finally, a sense of direction from the Habs as they now move into high gear to assess the 10 potential unrestricted free agents they have on this team, and they players they will need to find to replace the UFA&#8217;s who don&#8217;t come back.  I&#8217;d say Gainey had several good reasons to be in a rush, wouldn&#8217;t you??</p>
<p>Boring, defensive  hockey comes to Montreal.  </p>
<p>And this would be a bad thing?!?!?  The fact that Jacques Martin had a large measure of success as a defensive-minded coach, largely with the Ottawa Senators, is something I&#8217;m thrilled to see on his C.V.  The Montreal Canadiens were a terrible team last season when they weren&#8217;t playing with the puck.  The fact that they weren&#8217;t much better when they DID have possession of the puck, is another story.  Defense wins championships.  Okay, Jacques Martin hasn&#8217;t won any championships in his lengthy tenure as an NHL head coach, but that&#8217;s because he didn&#8217;t have a goaltender in Ottawa who could win a playoff game.  Martin&#8217;s system turned a mediocre Ottawa team into a very good Ottawa team.  That works for me.  Hopefully, it&#8217;ll work with the Montreal Canadiens.</p>
<p>Jacques Martin&#8217;s personality, or lack of same.</p>
<p>Apparently this is an issue with some fans. Hmmm. Let me see now.  The last coach of the Montreal Canadiens, Guy Carbonneau, had a pretty fiery temperment.  Carbonneau was an emotional coach who wore his heart on his sleeve.  He spoke his mind and took no prisoners.  And where did it land him?  On the unemployment line.  Jacques Martin isn&#8217;t a politician.  He isn&#8217;t a stand-up comic (although a few laughs were sorely needed in what was a disastrous Centennial Season.)  He&#8217;s a head coach.  A professional head coach.  A head coach with experience.  Lots of it.  A head coach who finally brings to this organization a body of NHL knowledge that the Canadiens have been lacking since the days of Jacques Demers.  </p>
<p>Jacques Martin was even criticized by some over the suit he wore to the Bell Centre when the Canadiens introduced him as the 29th head coach in franchise history.  THE COLOUR OF HIS SUIT, FOR GOODNESS SAKES!!!!  LIKE THAT&#8217;S GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHEN IT COMES TO HIS QUALITIES AS A HEAD COACH!!!!!!</p>
<p>For the record.  It was a brown with faint pinstripes.</p>
<p>Listen to me.  Jacques Martin doesn&#8217;t have to impress us with his wit or his charm.  Or his wardrobe.  He has to take the players he has in that dressing room and get the most out of them.  End of story.</p>
<p>Actually, the story is just beginning for Jacques Martin, who may have come out of left field in all of this.  But he is the right man for the job.</p>
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<link>http://joanierock.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/lentrevue-a-tlmep-de-guy-carbonneau/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 02:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://joanierock.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/lentrevue-a-tlmep-de-guy-carbonneau/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[En attendant de faire le point sur la saison en montagne russe de Guy Carbonneau, je vous laisse le ]]></description>
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<link>http://misspotin.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/enfin-guy-carbonneau-a-tout-le-monde-en-parle/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 03:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>misspotin</dc:creator>
<guid>http://misspotin.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/enfin-guy-carbonneau-a-tout-le-monde-en-parle/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Un Guy Carbonneau tout souriant Puisque Montréal est une ville hystérique et folle d&#8217;hockey, e]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Le Gala Artis 2009....]]></title>
<link>http://telesalon.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/le-gala-artis-2009/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>telesalon</dc:creator>
<guid>http://telesalon.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/le-gala-artis-2009/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[J&#8217;ai zyeuté pas mal le gala Artis hier soir à la télé&#8230; À part les femmes bien habillées,]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>J&#8217;ai zyeuté pas mal le gala Artis hier soir à la télé&#8230;</p>
<p>À part les femmes bien habillées, le reste on s&#8217;en câlisses-tu?</p>
<p>Aussi, Guy Carbonneau y faisait quoi là-bas à part faire pitier?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[La grille du dimanche...]]></title>
<link>http://bebehabs.com/2009/04/26/la-grille-du-dimanche/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bebehabs</dc:creator>
<guid>http://bebehabs.com/2009/04/26/la-grille-du-dimanche/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[En ce dimanche, les Bulldogs de Hamilton feront face à l&#8217;élimination&#8230; les Griffins de Gr]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[En ce dimanche, les Bulldogs de Hamilton feront face à l&#8217;élimination&#8230; les Griffins de Gr]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[2008-2009 Montreal Canadiens ]]></title>
<link>http://snuhzone.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/2008-2009-montreal-canadiens/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>huymix</dc:creator>
<guid>http://snuhzone.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/2008-2009-montreal-canadiens/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been 100 years for the Montreal Canadiens. One of the most successful teams in all pro-sp]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-559" title="Montreal Canadiens" src="http://snuhzone.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/images14.jpeg?w=150" alt="Montreal Canadiens" width="183" height="122" /><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-237" title="fminus" src="http://snuhzone.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/fminus.jpg" alt="fminus" width="108" height="93" /><img class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-560" title="Montreal Canadiens Logo" src="http://snuhzone.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/images15.jpeg?w=150" alt="Montreal Canadiens Logo" width="150" height="150" />It&#8217;s been 100 years for the Montreal Canadiens. One of the most successful teams in all pro-sports. An amazing list of incredible hockey players. An amazing legacy. In their 100th season, what do produce? A big ol&#8217; F- of a team. The non-Habs fan in me is happy they suck, but I&#8217;d much rather have my team put them down because its no fun watching a team implode. The 2008-09 version of the Canadiens deserved to impode because:</p>
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<li>Guy Carbonneau was a wimp. I&#8217;m sorry but the coach does matter quite a bit. When the coach and the star players aren&#8217;t on speaking terms that&#8217;s gonna screw up the team chemistry for sure. Tone from the top matters, A LOT.</li>
<li>The fans are even worse than Leaf fans. What I mean is they are even more fickle, extreme and chant soccer chants. I love the passion, but the stupidity that accompanies the passion is sometimes too much.</li>
<li>Over relied on a very young goaltender (Carey Price). Goaltenders generally take a while to really develop. Very very few are elite level at Price&#8217;s age and he was overused this season.</li>
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<p>I&#8217;m not a Habs fan in general. Most of the time they aren&#8217;t a team I care about one way or another. Even as a casual observer of the Canadiens, I could smell the stench of failure. Getting swept in the first round of the playoffs is a better send off for this disaster of a team. One thing to keep in mind, there are 11 unrestricted free agents on the team, so hopefully they can remake this team so it contains less suck. The ball is in your court Mr. Gainey, don&#8217;t screw it up.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Quand sans raison Carey Price se prend pour Patrick Roy]]></title>
<link>http://lnhqc.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/quand-sans-raison-carey-price-se-prend-pour-patrick-roy/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lnhqc</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lnhqc.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/quand-sans-raison-carey-price-se-prend-pour-patrick-roy/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Carey Price, cette jeune tête enflée, s&#8217;est pris pour Patrick Roy hier soir alors que d&#8217;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Carey Price, cette jeune tête enflée, s&#8217;est pris pour Patrick Roy hier soir alors que d&#8217;un lancer de loin diriger contre lui, il a fait l&#8217;arrêt, la foule l&#8217;a applaudi ironiquement et Price a levé les deux bras en l&#8217;air comme un certain Patrick Roy l&#8217;avait fait un soir de massacre contre les Redwings.  Cela avait été la dernière présence de Patrick Roy dans l&#8217;uniforme du Canadien.</p>
<p>Hier soir, Carey Price a prouvé une fois de plus qu&#8217;il était un sans cervelle.  Un pissou.  Un imbécile, bref une grosse tête enflée.</p>
<p>Premièrement de son geste envers le partisan de Boston après que Bob Gainey l&#8217;eu retiré en troisième période.  Price s&#8217;en est pris à un partisan des Bruins à sa sorti du vestiaire du Canadien.  Très imbécile.</p>
<p>Deuxièmement, hier soir, Price a levé les bras au ciel, pour narguer la foule.  Minute le supposé prodigue.  Patrick Roy pouvait à la limite se permettre cela parce qu&#8217;il avait les partisans du Canadien dans sa poche.  Il leur avait fait gagner deux coupe Stanley.  Bref il avait accompli des miracles devant son filet, ce qui lui aurait davantage value le surnom &#8220;Jesus&#8221; que Price le mérite.  À 20 ans, Patrick Roy avait déjà donné une Coupe Stanley au Canadien.  Quand on regarde l&#8217;alignement du Canadien en 1985-86, ça tient du miracle que cette équipe aie pu gagné la Coupe Stanley.  Le miracle, c&#8217;est le #33 qui l&#8217;a accompli.</p>
<p>Troisièmement alors que le match est terminé, que la filée de joueurs des Bruins s&#8217;enligne pour serrer la main aux joueurs du Canadien, Price n&#8217;a pas retiré son masque.  En jeune frustrée et sans cervelle il a conservé son masque.  Certains pourrait dire qu&#8217;il est fier compétiteur, moi je dis qu&#8217;il est mal élevé.</p>
<p>Quatrièmement, alors que vient le moment de se regrouper sur la patinoire et de saluer la foule pour la remercier de l&#8217;étonnant support tout au long de la saison, encore une fois, Price ne retire pas son masque.</p>
<p>Cinquièment, en pissou de première, en athlète frustré, Price n&#8217;affronte pas les journalistes après la rencontre.</p>
<p>Price a peut-être du talent, mais il l&#8217;a bien caché durant les deux derniers mois comme il cache bien son savoir vivre et son professionalisme.</p>
<p>Oui oui il est jeune je le sais.  Mais du savoir vivre tu n&#8217;acquiers pas ça en enfilant des bières dans un bar du centre-ville. </p>
<p>Avez-vous déjà entendu en entrevue les Sidney Crosby?  Quel jeune homme mature.  Il n&#8217;a que 21 ans, 9 jours plus vieux à peine que Carey Price.</p>
<p>Avez-vous déjà entendu Derick Brassard en entrevue?   Même chose.  Il ne se cache pas, il parle.  21 ans, 37 jours le cadet de Carey Price.</p>
<p>Avez-vous déjà entendu Guillaume Latendresse en entrevue?  Direct, y se cache pas.  21 ans lui aussi, à peine plus vieux que Price de deux mois et demi.</p>
<p>Alors oui Price est jeune, c&#8217;est vrai.  Un jeune con et un jeune écervelé.  Un jeune qui sait pas vivre et qui a de gros problèmes d&#8217;égo.</p>
<p>Qu&#8217;on me sorte ça de Montréal ça price, pardons ça presse.  Si l&#8217;avenir à Montréal passe par Carey Price, qu&#8217;on lui paie un cours de savoir vivre, ça presse.  Pis un petit cours de Français ne serait pas de surplus non plus.</p>
<p>Si Carey Price veut se prendre pour Patrick Roy, bon sens qu&#8217;il s&#8217;inspire de son idole.  Je le répète, à 20 ans, Patrick Roy avait déjà remporté la Coupe Stanley avec le Canadien et comme acteur de premier plan.</p>
<p>Mais Price n&#8217;a pas de cervelle et est incapable de supporter la pression montréalaise.  Qu&#8217;on l&#8217;échange avant que sa valeur soit plus basse qu&#8217;un bâton autographié par Alex Kovalev.</p>
<p>Ça ne me surprendrait pas que d&#8217;ici quelques semaines&#8217;on voit une photo dans les journaux montrant Carey Price sur un <a href="http://www.infogolfquebec.com">terrain de golf au Québec</a> ou aux B-C faisant un doigt d&#8217;honneur à un journaliste&#8230; ne manquerait plus que ça.</p>
<p>En terminant, on attend tous avec joie la démission de Bob Gainey et ne soyez pas surpris si son remplaçant est un démnommé Guy Carbonneau.  Je verrais très bien Carbonneau comme directeur gérant du Canadien de Montréal.</p>
<p>Carbonneau pourrait annoncer dans quelques semaines la nomination de Bob Hartley comme entraîneur-chef du Canadien avec comme adjoints Guy Boucher et Patrick Roy.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Bob Gainey has got to go]]></title>
<link>http://theryancokeexperience.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/bob-gainey-has-got-to-go/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>newfcollins</dc:creator>
<guid>http://theryancokeexperience.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/bob-gainey-has-got-to-go/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8220;There were certain games when I had real confusion with the overall [effort]. There were game]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Great big post of sports]]></title>
<link>http://theryancokeexperience.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/great-big-post-of-sports/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>newfcollins</dc:creator>
<guid>http://theryancokeexperience.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/great-big-post-of-sports/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Because I was finishing the top 100 Habs, I never got a chance to post playoff predictions. I though]]></description>
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