Canadiens forward Brian Gionta (centre) becomes the 28th player in franchise history to wear the “C” on his sweater. With him are defencemen Andrei Markov on the left and Hal Gill on the right, as his assistant captains for this season. Peter McCabe, The Gazette
AUDIO: Brian Gionta | Jacques Martin
After going an entire season without a captain, the Canadiens announced on Wednesday that Brian Gionta will become the 28th player in franchise history to wear the “C” on his sweater,succeeding Saku Koivu, who assumed that role from 1999 to 2009.
Gionta, who was one of three assistants named at the start of the 2009-10 season, will have defencemen Andrei Markov and Hal Gill as his assistant captains. The 31-year-old Gionta is entering his ninth season NHL season and his second with the Canadiens. Signed as a free agent on July 1, 2009, Gionta made his presence felt in his first season with the Canadiens, leading the team with 28 goals, including a team high 10 power-play goals. Gionta also recorded three game-winning tallies and posted a team-high 237 shots on goal.
• This was fast: NHL.com has a promotional video up
• Elliotte Friedman’s great Inside Hockey piece on Gionta:
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Props to La Presse’s François Gagnon for reporting this two weeks ago.
For
reasons best known to the Canadiens, they anointed their new Captain on
Twitter, in lieue of a formal announcement at the Bell Centre.
The Gionta File:
• Full name is Brian Joseph Gionta
• Captained Boston College to a NCAA championship in 2000-’01
• Second American to captain the Canadiens. Chris Chelios was co-captain (with Guy Carbonneau) in 1989-’90
• Second free-agent acquisition to captain the team (Mike Keane was the first)
• Gionta becomes the third 5’7″ Captain in Canadiens’ history. Previous mighty mites: Yvan Cournoyer and Henri Richard
• Pierre LeBrun on Gionta
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its a hundred bucks, got my richard jersey done up this year
current players will bite you in the ass… ever see the asshole with the zubrus jersey at a game
didnt work out that well for saku
As long as we win it doesn’t matter… (not that that’s any better)
LOl…
Yea, so they charge you $700.
Honestly, not alot of people know this, and I didn’t either, but they all send it to the same place.
No matter what professional/authentic Reebok jersey stitching you want done, they all get sent to this one place in MTL.
“These head movies make my eyes rain” -Simple Jack
I got AK at under 64.5 pts, with Triple X and Tom Nickle.
Not being born in Canada might actually be an advantage in the eyes of a separatist, since they supposedly want nothing to do with Canada, unless it’s their exorbitant Canadian federal government pensions, unrealistic Provincial equalization payments or political style kickbacks / trough feedings.
Also, not an asshole.
Go Habs Go!
your last sentence was spot on as to why this is such a non-issue for the most part. i do think a captain needed to be named for the sake of posterity; this is a franchise steeped in tradition/history, so a legacy has to be made. but the fact there were so many choices only illustrates a solid team core.
that said, gionta is a great ambassador for the habs, both in work ethic and league-wide respect. congrats.
Trust me I won’t…
These have been my last 4 jerseys:
Zednik, Land, Sergei, and Price.
I see an alarming trend there…
Just more pressure to add to Price’s shoulders..
“These head movies make my eyes rain” -Simple Jack
I got AK at under 64.5 pts, with Triple X and Tom Nickle.
play it again sports?
dont be a cheapass, take it to the bell center!!!
Hmmm…
Only if he steals another purse.
Then I gotta “represent”, and show respect.
“These head movies make my eyes rain” -Simple Jack
I got AK at under 64.5 pts, with Triple X and Tom Nickle.
Ha!!
Whatever you do, Mike, don’t get Gionta stitched on there. We’d hate to lose him too.
—Hope Springs Eternal—
I am also shocked at this. Is it possible that injury had some part to play in this? Both players suffered injuries that seemed to really affect their play. Oh but wait, in the case of Komisarek there is also the problem of his being a total b*&%h.
Are you going to make it an O’Byrne one now?
He was the right choice last season and the right choice this year too. Now look at the difference in leadership styles between Captain G.; quiet, determined, leads by example, plays the game right and the new maple leaf captain Phaneuf; loud, brash, arrogant, cocky. By the end of the seasonthjose divergent leadership styles will have had their effect in the room. What happens in the room goes on the ice. Leafs are doomed and as usual HABS RULE.
Awesome, great work Habs, he’ll be a fantastic captain.
There’s no question that the guys will play for him.
I like what Gomez said on CJAD, saying that they point to Gionta to show young guys what it means to be a professional.
Go Habs.
–Hope Springs Eternal—
Gionta’s appointment is clearly part of the Molson’s federalist agenda. Darche was the obvious choice. My homeboy from Ville-St-Laurent! hehe
I don’t know… maybe because he was a wicked hockey player?
Congratulations Brian! You deserve it.
Anybody sense divisions or factions on this team?
Quite refreshing isn’t it. All controversy emanates from without and the sheer lack of fuel exposes the “emanaters” for the desperate, scrapping malcontents that they are.
The right choice was made. Okay, let’s move on.
P.S. I still can’t believe that Pierre Turgeon was ever the captain of the Habs.
He better be careful what he says..
The NHL is watching his every move.
“These head movies make my eyes rain” -Simple Jack
I got AK at under 64.5 pts, with Triple X and Tom Nickle.
Yes there is…
You can unstitch the name patch yourself, it will take baout an hour. Don’t unstitch the letter individually, just the rectangluar name patch.
Then go to Play It Again Sports, and they’ll charge you about $40 to send it out to Reebok, and they’ll stictch on the name you want.
I did it for my Zednik jersey when I worked there. Turned it into a Lang.
“These head movies make my eyes rain” -Simple Jack
I got AK at under 64.5 pts, with Triple X and Tom Nickle.
Did Gomez actually say that….To funny that just goes to show how tight the room is……
From twitter “@Real_ESPNLeBrun: Just spoke with Lou Lamoriello who was oozing pride with his former Devil Gionta now captain of the Habs, “They made a great decision.””
An American as captain? He can’t speak French? He is too small to be a captain…..what does Jean Beliveau think of this? Gionta was more Halak than Price…what will this do to the room? am I for real? hope you don’t think so but at some point (as soon as we lose 2 games….after the now madatory 20 game gelling period that is) these questions will come crawling out of the woodwork from the same morons who boo our goalies and players…..sigh….guess that’s the way the ball bounces in Montreal….
Great choice, but I hope Brian can say a few words in french. Let’s see how long the french media can hold back on the French issue. I say first question he gets will be are you learning French? He should just learn how to say “Oui monsieur” for a start, that will shut them up for a few weeks. Then every few weeks he can feed them another line in french. That should pull him through for this year…
Great choice!!!!!
Higgins was my fav back then, can’t believe what’s happened to him. Three years ago the talk was if Higgins or Komi was going to be our future captain. Oh how the times have changed.
OMG how can this happen??? he does not speak french and was not born in Canada. Gilles Duceppe must have crapped his pants. I bet now he is wanting a Referendum asap. I think Gio is a great pick.
I’m with one on this, the size and strength of the leadership core is much more important than whether there is a captain or not, and who that caption is.
The best part of the captain debate for me, was the realization that 6 or 7 players on the team had a strong case to be the one wearing the C or an A.
Tape?
well now that WE have netflix that lines become blurrier
but its wednesday
I have a higgins jersey… Authentic…
Anyway to take the namebar off and get a gionta namebar placed on it??
Go Habs Go!
2010-2011
And worst of all…he’s a…gasp…yankee!
Can it Pauline
Goalies in Montreal have two roles, netminder and scapegoat.
I wonder when they took the picture of him with the C, first day of training camp?
This team has leadership up the wazoo so it doesn’t really matter, they all seem to get along pretty well and are able to make fun of each other, which also means any one of them can feel comfortable calling out another. Giving the C to Gionta just provides a clear direction, he is here for another 4 years, his heart is half the size of his body, and he never takes a second off, he is a professional through and through. He will now be a reh rah guy, the room has plaenty of those guys, but much like Koivu he is the epitomy of a hockey player. If you don’t like Saku Koivu or Brian Gionta you have issued in my opinion…..those are two unbelieveable professionals. Gionta is the most right choice IMo, but there several other choices that would have been right too…but you are right the difference in the room is negligible. But the great thing about picking a guy like Gionta is that no matter what his stats say…he will never take a shift off…..he will go in places he has no business being, he is proud and seasoned and will not be fazed by any of the hoopla that surrounds the position …for those reasons I think this is a great move.
YESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Although I may need to get a ‘C’ put on the jersey I bought last year
to quote a fellow below… “booooooooooooooooooooooo”
I was leaning towards Cammy but Gio is OK by me.
his french is paltry and hes too short
wait…
Symbolism really, as they said – tons of leaders, the C doesn’t matter
YES!
Allons-y Montreal!
Awesome video I am so pumped for the home opener its gonna be sick.
Great decision!
I just need to pick up Hal Gill in my hockey pool and I’ll have the C and both A’s on my team.
Next year. For now Gill is older and wiser. Gorges will watch and take over after that
I have no issue with this
Am I the only person who doesn’t give a tinker’s damn whether a team has a captain or not? Don’t get me wrong, I love Gionta, think he’s a damn fine hockey player who has intangibles out the wazoo…but really, does putting a C on his jersey really do anything to alter that?
I think the whole captain thing is more for the media and the fans than the guys in the room.
That being said, if we’re going to keep having captains, then I think Gionta was absolutely the best choice.
Gill is on the last year of his 2 year pact. So if he’s not re-signed next year Gorges should get it.
love the move. Great choice. Bring on the laffs
Great decision - however, I would have thought josh gorges would have at least gotten an A over Gill.
WHAT??!!!!
Should have been Desharnais.
We need to protect the heritage and our “roots”.
“These head movies make my eyes rain” -Simple Jack
I got AK at under 64.5 pts, with Triple X and Tom Nickle.
His whole commentary was a riot.
Goalies in Montreal have two roles, netminder and scapegoat.
This is a load off my mind, haha. I ordered during the NHL Shop’s free customization day on Monday a Brian Gionta jersey with the C on the front. It’s gonna be a good Christmas!
But more related to the story: Gionta is the best choice, I think. He’s gritty, he works as hard as anyone, and he carries himself with class on and off the ice. He’s exactly what you want out of a leader. Leads by example. Great choice by the Habs.
GIO!
A Promotional Video from Canadiens.com on the Captaincy.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
“The third star is, uh, number six, Spacek, because he realized that we were wearing the red jersey tonight and he didn’t have five turnovers, so that was…uh…a big step for him.” – Scott Gomez providin’ colour durin’ the CJAD broadcast Monday night.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAAA!
Too bad the guy has to lace ‘em up every night.
Good! he leads by example, aka the type of captain we’ve had in every year of our existence pretty much
Not our fault that people have defective keyboards.
Go Habs Go!
After the CJAD comedy fest I’m not sure how anyone could NOT love the guy.
Mine just has a #10 on the back.
My first hero.
—Hope Springs Eternal—
It’s interest, your discription of Phaneuf sounds exactly what the Laughs GM…Probably a franchise philosphy there. Hopefully the Habs can say the same about there leader.
For many people here, Gomez is still a four-letter word.
Nice, thanks!
my boy higgins…. didnt quite pan out. Can drink with the best of them though!
Go Habs Go!
2010-2011
Both as a Gomez quote and as a quality of Gionta. LOL
Go Habs Go!
Talented player, no heart, not captain material.
What? It’s against the rules to quote Scott Gomez on HIO?
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Listen to the SmartDog. He knows his poop!
i had a roy, muller, and recchi myself. went more obsolete faster than my computer.
I should Delete that … but it’s 100% accurate.
Oh I know all about the mighty Rochester – home of The Garbage Plate!
Just barely a Yankee. Rochester, NY is an hour and a half drive away from the Canadian border at Niagara Falls. Or 60 miles across Lake Ontario.
Seriously.
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Canadien en 5!
Never go Full Retard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svwGRJA28lY&feature=related
he was one of the better habs captains
is captain of his national team
and is being considered to be the next ducks captain
in other words, get a clue
meh…Saku sucks…
…at speaking mandarin.
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After admiring the Stanley Cup: “This is the only thing that has seen more parties than us.”
- Steven Tyler
You sir are correct!!!
I was sitting in the second row, the section to your right.
Glad it is official now! Gionta will make a fine Captain…love to see him hoist the Cup during his tenure…
My son has been number 11 since he was a mini-mite for Saku…this year by random mistake out team manager sewed his name tape on 21…when we went to the Bell Center last year Gionta flipped my son a puck…he has now officially changed to number 21…
“Six more years…God Bless You Turtleneck Man!”
I think this broke the record for largest height discrepancy between a ‘C’ and an ‘A’…
Did’nt Gionta just switch to 11 or was that Gomez??
Anybody??
Gomez.
Didn’t Kovalev wear the “C” for a little while? Or does that not count?
gomez
It was temporary when Saku was out because of injury two years ago…
“Six more years…God Bless You Turtleneck Man!”
Gomez did and I don’t like it…
Not because Koivu wore it or anything, but I just find that 91 suited Gomez really well…
11 is a little, I dunno. Not Gomez…
“These head movies make my eyes rain” -Simple Jack
I got AK at under 64.5 pts, with Triple X and Tom Nickle.
Thanks Chuck
We really have to get together at Ned’s this year
Great news for us and Gionta!
I’m also glad Martin realized and took the time to evaluate Avtsin. It’s a great move to send him to Hamilton and an even better one to not let him play the pre-season games. He’s not used to North American hockey and the last thing you want is for him to eat a lead-elbow and be sent to the hospital.
I’m very glad to hear Martin dismiss anything about him being “another Sergei K.” like some cynics would try to make others believe. Absolutely no truth to that.
We might have something special in a year or two.
Darn right! We’ll have to do it on a night that the Habs are playing the Leafs, since there’s bound to be a lot of blue and white in there watching the game. We’d inject a healthy, well-needed dose of red into the proceedings.
I think it is disrespectful to Saku. 2nd longest serving captain in team history, may yet have his number retired one day…
I was 7 rows up behind the right hash marks…we were 2-0 that night!
Classic…I think he expected us to remember what he said in the previous interview
or hamrlik lol
Let Cammy score the goals and let Gio deal with the media…
Next season a line of Avtsin-Leblanc-Kristo could just tear the AHL apart, that will be a lot of fun to watch.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
I’m someone who wouldn’t mind his # being retired..
But I highly doubt it will happen. Infact, I’d go as far as saying he’ll never have it retired.
When a guy like Steve Shutt won Cups and scored 400 goals here, and his number ain’t up there, Koivu’s 11 never will be.
Sucks, but wtv…
“These head movies make my eyes rain” -Simple Jack
I got AK at under 64.5 pts, with Triple X and Tom Nickle.
Get over it. We’ve gone further with Gomez on the team in one year than we we did for more than a decade with Saku. Wanna wear 11? Go ahead.
And…
ALL RIGHT HANDED SHOTS!!!!
Omg,….I don’t need Viagra anymore!
“These head movies make my eyes rain” -Simple Jack
I got AK at under 64.5 pts, with Triple X and Tom Nickle.
That’s crazy, I would have bet money Leblanc wasn’t a RH shot until I double-checked it.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
I’m almost afraid to ask, but what’s going on in your picture?
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Listen to the SmartDog. He knows his poop!
Does it play 45′s? lol j/k.
i doubt what he said was EVER said
Koivu in his prime did not enjoy a strong roster like what the Habs have today. In 2002 and 2004, who was the captain when the Habs won big upsets over the Bruins? Koivu when the team was far weaker and they had to overcome a lot. Koivu scored 2G, 5A in the 2002 series after battling cancer for most of the year than in 2004, 1G, 8A in that series win. He doesn’t play big for MTL? 18% of his career goals in MTL were game-winners.
The guy did everything humanly possible to win in Montreal, it’s not his fault the team was recovering from the reign of error for most of his time.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
Oh for crying out….didn’t we get past this? The number is available, much like how it was available when Saku took it. Are you seriously suggesting all the #11′s before him were not worthwhile? How about #21?
You know, I was kinda wondering that as well.
______________________________________ Gionta IS Captain.
That and a seasoned vet with a ring.
“We don’t see things as they are, but as we are.” – Anais Nin
Don’t pollute the water.
How does Koivu get so little credit for all he did? Unbelieveable! Cpt. K for life….
______________________________________ Gionta IS Captain.
…and so was Carey. Why Martin didn’t start him in game 3 of the season is beyond me…
No Cup…no retirement.
Why retire Saku’s number ? I mean I like the guy like every other Hab Fan but
Big BUT….He accomplished nothing…nadda….zippo…..
Lets keep our standards a little higher than the Laffs.
I’ve posted this before, but I’ll try one more time.
Plante wore 1 after Vezina, and Roley Melanson wore it after
Plante, and Laperriere and Gaston Gingras wore 2 after Doug Harvey, and Beliveau wore 4 after Newsy Lalonde and
Aurele Joliat and Kenny Reardon, and Yvan Cournoyer wore 12 after the great Dickie
Moore, and Darcy Tucker (!!!) wore it after Yvan, and Henri Richard wore 16 after Elmer Lach, and Jeff Brubaker wore 18 after Serge Savard, and Marco Kiprusoff and Turner Stevenson wore
23 after Bob Gainey, and, as a matter of
fact, Saku Koivu wore 11 after Kirk Muller and Marc Tardiff and Rejean Houle
and Floyd “Busher” Curry.
It’s not a problem.
And, by the way, I loved Saku – though I don’t think his number should
be retired.
Oh Markov is another one that overuses ” Like I said” and “you know”
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YES HABS CAN!!
yeah but markov gets a pass due to his stoic nature and years of not speaking at all
LMAO!!!
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Hahahaa! Agreed buddy!
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YES HABS CAN!!
Perfect choice for the C. He wont do anything to get himeslf into trouble, good family man, and *sigh* bust out some french for the journal de montreal and pauline marois will stfu.
I’m not going to say that he needs to have his number retired, but Saku certainly doesn’t deserve any disrespectin’. The man did a lot and accomplished a lot in strictly human terms, never mind hockey. The man’s a pro in my books…….. .
A man’s attitude… a man’s attitude goes some ways. The way his life will be. Is that somethin’ you agree with?
Personally, I’m happy with how the Canadiens handled the entire selection process for Captain.
1. By waiting a year, the silently honour Saku, while allowing the new Captain (Gionta was probably always in the running) to get some games under his belt as a Hab and to allow the dynamic of the locker room to work itself out.
2. It prevented the captaincy from becoming a joke (team down the 401, anyone?) by not anointing someone who came over in a mid-season trade and had played fewer than 30 games with the team, or by doing the announcement at a new sports bar next to the arena as a PR move to drum up business for it’s grand opening.
3. Our Captain ain’t a douche-bag.
4. Our captain has actually won something, and at least has a chance to win again.
5. Our captain doesn’t date sloppy seconds.
“These head movies make my eyes rain” -Simple Jack
I got AK at under 64.5 pts, with Triple X and Tom Nickle.
It’s a comedy TV show about a guy in the witness protection program…I forget the name, though…
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If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
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LOL @ sloppy seconds…gotta love avery for that
I am really pissed that I am not going to see this game with Gio wearing the C tonight. Hopefully someone can put up an online link, because Center Ice isn’t covering Mtl pre season games!
Also, like Engels pointed out…by waiting a year, it allowed different leaders to step up and take initiative. Honestly there’s so much character on this team, I can’t see us doing badly this season.
Saturday’s game where Ottawa beat Montreal was on Center Ice. They picked up a Sportsnet feed that was Senators based. I didn’t really watch long, I have no interest in pre-season warmup games.
They don’t play tonight, next game is tomorrow night (and it is on TSN).
Brian Gionta is the number 1 trending search topic in canada on twitter…just sayin
My sincere congrats to Gionta. That said, can someone fill me in as to why he’s the ideal choice for the C. So far all I can come up with is fan service. He’s popular with the fans. “It’s my goal to lead the league in 4 minute roughing things” -Scott Gomez
Wont get caught in a club
solid family man
told everyone hes learning french
helps the community
took over kovys loge with gomez for the sick kids
basically hes mature, has his head on his shoulders and lou in new jersey says we make the perfect choice.
Gionta now became the 2nd powerful individual in Quebec only narrowly behind Jean Charet.
Sorry, meant tomorrow night. I don’t get TSN down here in the states
Read the other posts on here, listen to what the players say about him, look at his on-ice performance.
—Hope Springs Eternal—
Me no comprende what you speak me.
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Listen to the SmartDog. He knows his poop!
Those are all ‘nice to have’s and show his maturity as a player and leader which is part of it. But you left out this:
Sheer drive and dedication every shift. How else does a 5’7″ guy lead the Montreal Canadiens in goals? Gionta’s a guy you want to follow.
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Listen to the SmartDog. He knows his poop!
Is Jean Charest still the Premier of Quebec?
(Charest instead of Charet)
I think this is the best reason. When you go back into the dressing room for intermission, can you really look Gionta in the eye if you haven’t worked your ass off?
He’s been identified as an exemplary player for the team, and I think it makes a difference. It was probably understood that he was a leader last year, but now there’s a visual cue for everyone for a standard of effort and accountability.
I think he’ll be a great captain, and if Montreal continues to reward effort, and caring about performance on the ice, with the core talent in place they’ll be able to achieve a degree of success we haven’t seen in a long time.
It’s live on the NHL Network here in the States tomorrow.
In theory, y35
I think Gionta will be great! I guess I need a new tag line.
______________________________________ Gionta for Captain.
just change “for” to “is”
if I have to explain it to you, you wouldn’t understand.
It look, like, two games, last season, for Gio to become my fave Hab! Fantastic choice!
Go, go, Gio! Go, Habs, Go!
Apologies if this was already posted but according to TSN, Carle was one of four players to clear waivers today.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=335661
You have it wrong. Bonhomme carrying a briefcase stuffed with cash on the cover of Maclean’s put’s him as the number 2 most powerful individual in Quebec. Gionta is number 1
Gionta’s the man. I’m so happy we have a guy who can lead by example night after night and that guys respect.
Whooo hooo!!!
Gill-Markov-Gionta were the original “A” captains a year ago but The Montreal Canadiens in their history have never named a team captain with less than one year of team service…………
Because the guy plays like he’s 6’10″ without fear and without quit. Perfect choice. Both As are also very good choices. For those of you who are convinced that Gill is gone at the end of this year, I wouldn’t be shocked to see him back for 1 or 2 more seasons.
Not being claimed is no surprise as most gm’s dont pluck off the wire before the season starts.
If he is subject to recall waivers then maybe a team will pick him up for half price. We have no need for him now and he might be able to help another team.
Observe that only Markov is looking into our lense.
We can’t help but notice he’s the only one not smilin.
Russian aplomb or Russian pout?
Reprovingly reproof-proof, here sits
L.Bugs Potter, esq. Assistant Head Honcho to what goes down in Chinatown, Big Cheese at Flannelcorp Media, and Lead Copy-boy at Habsbros Hard Data Factory: http://habsbros.blogspot.com
I want my captain to get caught in club, lol. Solid family man? Boy gee, that’s important for the C. We wouldn’t want a degenerate bachelor to get a hold of it, would we? Community service? OK maybe that helps his case…a little bit. Does Markov do absolutely squat for the Montreal community? Even if he doesn’t (cuz he’s a terrible ogre) this shouldn’t be a deal breaker. New points. Markov has been a real workhorse for our defence. He logs in large minutes on the ice and never complains. You can’t tell me Gio is hands down a harder worker then Markov. His media skills are as adequate as Gionta’s (Cammy blows them both away) and their knowledge of French is the same. I know Gio is pledging to learn but let’s be honest with ourselves and admit that likely none of our new guys save for Scott Gomez is going to be trading jokes with the French media before their tenure is up. Gionta, being quiet, is not a great locker room guy, so that can’t be why he was chosen. Markov is our best player and losing him hurts way worse than losing Gio. He’s been with us his entire career and if he wanted to be the first Russian born Habs captain he bloody well should’ve been. This sticks in my craw. “It’s my goal to lead the league in 4 minute roughing things” -Scott Gomez
In soviet Russia, Markov smiles YOU!
I’ll get me coat….
Goalies in Montreal have two roles, netminder and scapegoat.
For the guys that play NHL11
In the offseason sort free agents by potential and take the first couple young guys, guaranteed 80+ within a couple years.
How? An injured Cammy, that’s how. Did Gio lead the league in goals during the playoffs? “It’s my goal to lead the league in 4 minute roughing things” -Scott Gomez
The very slight smirk says aplomb.
And if I’m not mistaken, he’s looking directly at you.
In soviet Russia, camera smiles at you!
“These head movies make my eyes rain” -Simple Jack
I got AK at under 64.5 pts, with Triple X and Tom Nickle.
hmm. That ignores that Gio was also injured. My bad. When Cammy went on his playoff rampage, that was still more impressive. Also, I’ll bet anyone a case a beer he scores more goals then Gio during his time here. “It’s my goal to lead the league in 4 minute roughing things” -Scott Gomez
Mona Lisa smile.
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
Im so proud of myself, I just installed a new radio on my 1994 Honda Accord!
[Disclaimer]: I’m a hockey fan. I care about the habs, but probably not as much as you.
I’m bored, so here I go….
- Today, 2 week old “breaking news” became breaking news once again. Everyone pretended like they were surprised, and acted like nothing was ever official. Pfff, yea right. So I was wondering if we can do this all the time now. Like, can we take any story that came out a while back, and make it “official” again? Because in places like Montreal, when someone says they’ve got GREAT sources, it ALWAYS comes true.
Here, I’ll give it a try…..BREAKING NEWS: Dion Phaneuf’s a douche.
“These head movies make my eyes rain” -Simple Jack
I got AK at under 64.5 pts, with Triple X and Tom Nickle.
People ask why Gio. It’s because he isn’t chatty like Cammy. Gio says nothing. His lips are sealed. Just prefab sound bites. No controversies here. Move along people.
That might be breaking news…. five years ago.
I counted 10 “obviously”s in the first minute of Gionta’s acceptance speech. If everything so obvious, why do players bother to make the comment :p
Isn’t it obvious?
ill take it over kovalev’s prefacing something he never said with “like i said”, any day of the week
If that’s the logic than Markov is captain, I sense a conspiracy here HH, what is it?
Like i Said, I mean to say, what I like I meant to say.
Well, …I owe him money.
Reprovingly reproof-proof, here sits
L.Bugs Potter, esq. Assistant Head Honcho to what goes down in Chinatown, Big Cheese at Flannelcorp Media, and Lead Copy-boy at Habsbros Hard Data Factory: http://habsbros.blogspot.com
In Soviet Russia no one smiles.
I became a gionta fan after his “greasy” OT goal against Buffalo.
I think AK46′s play last year indicates the answer to your question is yes. “It’s my goal to lead the league in 4 minute roughing things” -Scott Gomez
I thought that was the goal of the year – and only the second game in. Gomez says he meant to miss the net and slap it off the boards. I wanna believe it.
Try your best HFT. “It’s my goal to lead the league in 4 minute roughing things” -Scott Gomez
Win.
______________________________________ Gionta for Captain.
Make sure to clean and align the tape heads for optimal performance.
Done lol
______________________________________ Gionta IS Captain.
No conspiracy, just a lack of contract.
The best was Lang’s “you know” mind you every hockey player says you know a zillion times during interviews these days
Goalies in Montreal have two roles, netminder and scapegoat.
well then, i LOL’ed
I always noticed one thing about Gionta…
He says the word, “uh”, wayyy too many times. I know all atheletes have an obsession witht hat word during interviews, but Gionta takes it to another level. And it’s like an American “uh”, lol…
I counted 27 “uh” in 1:25.
Ca la, c’est fou!!!!
“These head movies make my eyes rain” -Simple Jack
I got AK at under 64.5 pts, with Triple X and Tom Nickle.
With a few more preseason interviews, Gio’s use of “obviously” may begin to outpace JM’s rate of 12 “definitivements” per presser.
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
I’m a big fan of garbage goals. Nice greasy ones.
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
what killed me about kovy’s “like I saids” is that he never said it up until that point
Unrelated topic, some hansome devil wrote a piece about Curzi having unraveled Anglo conspiracies. Check it out http://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/329
Also congradulations Gionta
The tattoo gallery just got a whole lot bigger. http://dennis-kane.com/maybe-well-add-one-or-two-more-to-the-tattoo-gallery/
Yep, I couldn’t stop raving about that. I immediately fell in love with our new team that day.
Better than listening to Theoren Fleury’s “You Knows” when he talks…………
it would be endearing if he didnt look like freddy kruger
also when he answers with the word “YEAH” the pitch is tad too enthusiastic to the rest of his tone
edit: listening again ^ to the point that he sounds like a startled muppet
That would be a pretty cool scenario!
I don’t think thats how he meant it, the Canadiens franchise have always liked to keep things on the downlow, guys like Cammy, Subban are way to open with the media to ever be capitain, give Subban a simple question and he’ll talk for 5 min, great for us, great for the media, not so much for the team, expect for other then marketing purpose. Gionta is perfect because not only does he play his heart out every night he carries himself perfectly with the media, gives enough but never enough to stir anything. I love Cammy and Gorges and I think both would have been the sexy choice for the C, but no doubt that it belongs with Gio imo.
After we oust the Bolts in the ECF’s it’s on to beat St. Louis for a 3rd straight time in the SCF’s. Wouldn’t that be the shitter?
haha strangley enought my pic is the Habs celebrating that goal. I was sitting front row behind the net when Gio whacked that one out of the air for the win
Surely there must be something better to do than count “uh’s” (or comment on counting “uh’s”)
Bring a pain shot, Joe. lol
“We don’t see things as they are, but as we are.” – Anais Nin
Don’t pollute the water.
ahem…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xajUXMmprM4
Hey Homer, you are the spitting image of HardHabits.
It was not douche baggie but rather inappropriate, although not far from the truth.
It was more the shoulder region. L’artiste’s head was essentially between his knees. Turtle, turtle…
Am I the only one sees “Bobby Lu” as a complete bust in his playoff
career so far or what? If Couver is so terifical, why do they get the
sh*te kicked outta them every time the heat’s cranked to 11?
No, I think Lu is a bust too. I blame Jim Hughson.
A better question: why do I even watch TSN if all it does is rile me up?
Cause you’re a masochiste?
“Bugs” can be…bugs. Damn, won’t work.
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Nigel Tufnel: It really puts perspective in things, doesn’t it?
David St. Hubbins: Oh, too much. Too much fu*king perspective.
–This is Spinal Tap
That’s good. I was searching around, and found this gem anagram by Joe Kline:
Mr. William Jefferson Clinton, former President of these United States
of America = Monica flirts. Wife sees hot jism from cad land on fat
intern, set to rule free empire.
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Nigel Tufnel: It really puts perspective in things, doesn’t it?
David St. Hubbins: Oh, too much. Too much fu*king perspective.
–This is Spinal Tap
People forget MAB goal as well as D. Moore’s game winner………..
why do you say that
.::moen for captain::.
You must mean Halak, otherwise that statement has no merit. It is a far overrated opinion of him.
I meant to be sarcastic, surely a deductive mind as yours could discern that.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
lol Cos she’s Bilderberg?
”We don’t see things as they are, but as we are.” – Anais Nin
Don’t pollute the water.
Serious:
I wouldn’t bank on his/her mind discerning that….
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Nigel Tufnel: It really puts perspective in things, doesn’t it?
David St. Hubbins: Oh, too much. Too much fu*king perspective.
–This is Spinal Tap
MAB’s only positive contribution in the entire playoffs. I won’t miss him a bit.
Though he sure was the shot in the arm we needed to eke into the playoffs..
“We don’t see things as they are, but as we are.” – Anais Nin
Don’t pollute the water.
That’s just the same crap that gets said every year about Vancouver: it never gets anywhere and so means nothing. It’s an annual press story that writes itself.
Hey Simple Simon, I can see that you are an intellect!
I don’t know. He scored some clutch goals in the regular season, but it seems to me that he probably caused twice as many as he scored.
Come on Bugs. Why the disdain for the Canucks? I mean their proudest playoff moment was waving a white towel in surrender in 1982.
I have seen some of your posts, so you should be careful with the use of the words deductive mind!
I was dumbfounded by the leeway given to him by JM with his inept play on dee, then benching O’Byrne on his delay of game penalty lol
“We don’t see things as they are, but as we are.” – Anais Nin
Don’t pollute the water.
this was his quote:
I truly, genuinely hope you are not offended when I ignore you from this point on, Dorktor Watson.
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Nigel Tufnel: It really puts perspective in things, doesn’t it?
David St. Hubbins: Oh, too much. Too much fu*king perspective.
–This is Spinal Tap
Hey Spanky, Thanks, I will sleep better tonight knowing that!
It’s a way to get some street cred here. Just post something mentioning HH and you up your status. Try it. You’ll see.
We could’ve solved world peace but nooooooooo, you had to be a douche.
Not close to the truth either, but what isn’t a douche baggie post by Dork Watson?
Great choice for Gionta as captain. Personally I was hoping for Gorges but I’m very happy for Gio and the rest of the team. He’s arguably one of the hardest workers we have on the team. Looking forward to opening night against the laffs. GO HABS GO!!!
My choice all along, good move.
congratulations to Gionta, our Capitain Papa Smurf
he’s going to do a great job
-”People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.” Chuck Palahniuk
I thought maybe Gorges would get it, but Gionta is a great choice. Great leader, pedigree, he’s a winner, etc, etc, etc. Can’t wait for the opener.
In a related thought, does anyone else think the Canucks devalued the whole captain thing last year?
What’s happening here? All the usual pessimists, nay-sayers, and shirt disturbers have either gone into hiding or joined the Brian Gionta Love-In.
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
Gorges is a good candidate, but I think he’s just a little too young to wear the “C” pour les Bleu Blanc et Rouge. He will get his chance in a few years though. It’s very encouraging that we have a few very valid choices for the C on this team. For as much crap as Bob And PG get, I really think they have done a good job with this franchise. We have a competitive team, and we have a plethora of talent ready to make the jump. After watching this pre-season I am almost positive we have a few “diamonds in the rough” a la Markov , or PK. and thats all you can really ask for as fans.
Well Price won his last game so the Price defenders have been quiet.
[Disclaimer]: I’m a hockey fan. I care about the habs, but probably not as much as you.
For all the criticism Bob and co. get, there isn’t enough praise. Snagging Gionta and Cammy were major accomplishments in the last UFA market. They built our D with a combination of free agent picks and in house prospects. Why doesn’t the Habs management ever get credit for some of the good things they do? It seems we are always picked to shreds for “bad choices” yet never get kudo’s for the good moves.
im too lazy to think of anything clever…
nuff said
“nuff said”
isn’t that “Gerry from the Waste Islands” line?
And yet you have enough vigor to post in bold?
[Disclaimer]: I’m a hockey fan. I care about the habs, but probably not as much as you.
hellz yeah!
im ka-ra-zay like that
Nope, got a total love-on for Gionta too!
Who starts Thursday against Buffalo?
Bingo
nuff said
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After admiring the Stanley Cup: “This is the only thing that has seen more parties than us.”
- Steven Tyler
Gionta.
I haven’t joined the love-in. Our captain is a forward that has fewer career points than our leading defenceman. I’ve never seen a worse miscarriage of justice. No offence to Gio. I hope I can still have his autograph one day, lol. “It’s my goal to lead the league in 4 minute roughing things” -Scott Gomez
Well Price won his last game, so the Halak whine a**’s have been quiet.
Are you serious? In what kind of a crazy world does leadership equate to point production – not that Gionta is too shabby in that area either. Your thinking is misguided at best on this one.
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If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
– George Orwell –
hehe the troll doesn’t get it.
They Call Me Shane
i see what your doing here!
you pot stirrer you!!
WOW..You are too clever for me!
Did anybody catch the huge gaffe Francois Gagnon made on TSN tonight? He was talking about the French factor regarding the captain. He mentioned that there are only two francophones in the room, and you can’t expect Darche or Lapierre to be captain. Oops! Did he forget Pouliot is franco as well, or does he not count him because he’s from Ontario?
I addressed other issues earlier. It aint just point production. “It’s my goal to lead the league in 4 minute roughing things” -Scott Gomez
47% of the 88 trolls are are standing pat
“bad analogy- when he first played those wins/losses ??? how many goals did crosby and malkin score that year?”-Observer. When asked why Marc Andre fleury had been sent to the minors when he struggled in his 3rd season.
Sadly, the hippie philosophy was nothing more than a passing fad..non violence, peace, love, and an equal money system. What we have now is so much better.
“We don’t see things as they are, but as we are.” – Anais Nin
Don’t pollute the water.
In my opinion the only logic that can adequately support an argument against Gionta for captain is that it has the potential to ruffle the feathers of players like Markov or Cammalleri.
Then again, if those players aren’t mature or professional enough to accept the appointment of Gionta like men, then they aren’t the right choice to begin with.
And Clay is 100% correct. If point production is a pre-requisite for captaincy, then Scott Stevens, Mike Richards, Chris Drury, Shea Weber and hundreds of others would be inadequate, and the idea that point production should be taken into consideration is an idea that a novice hockey player would laugh at.
You got it, not “pure”!
One by a neanderthal, that would be you Gomer Pyle.
Were you trolling for someone to fall into your joke Shoi? When in the last 4 years have I been anti-Price? Think before you post, Calisse.
Carbonneau and Gainey were hardly high-scoring forwards, they have over 2000 combined GP and combined they’re not far over 1000 career points when they mostly played in a high-scoring era, they were the captains when the Habs won their 86 and 93 Cup Titles.
Scoring isn’t everything and Gionta is a player who can score 30G and most importantly, he’ll get the big goals, the winners, the game-tying goals and such. He is a clutch performer and that’s the kind of guy you want leading the team, the guy who scores the goal who wakes the team up.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
I think he means add-dumb76
the habs
“bad analogy- when he first played those wins/losses ??? how many goals did crosby and malkin score that year?”-Observer. When asked why Marc Andre fleury had been sent to the minors when he struggled in his 3rd season.
Quoi? Jne comprend pa.
Did he say “francophones” or “Quebecers”?
Reprovingly reproof-proof, here sits
L.Bugs Potter, esq. Assistant Head Honcho to what goes down in Chinatown, Big Cheese at Flannelcorp Media, and Lead Copy-boy at Habsbros Hard Data Factory: http://habsbros.blogspot.com
We all will once the game ends.
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L.Bugs Potter, esq. Assistant Head Honcho to what goes down in Chinatown, Big Cheese at Flannelcorp Media, and Lead Copy-boy at Habsbros Hard Data Factory: http://habsbros.blogspot.com
Congratulations Captain Gionta.
WELL DESERVED. He’ll wear it with pride & do us all proud.
You can irk some of the haters all the time; you can irk all the haters some of the time, but you can’t irk all the haters all the time.
Book THAT, Danno.
Reprovingly reproof-proof, here sits
L.Bugs Potter, esq. Assistant Head Honcho to what goes down in Chinatown, Big Cheese at Flannelcorp Media, and Lead Copy-boy at Habsbros Hard Data Factory: http://habsbros.blogspot.com
60% of the time, they do that all the time.
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L.Bugs Potter, esq. Assistant Head Honcho to what goes down in Chinatown, Big Cheese at Flannelcorp Media, and Lead Copy-boy at Habsbros Hard Data Factory: http://habsbros.blogspot.com
Pure Laine, c’est ca, Bugs.
To which we can respond that neither Marky nor Cammy have won Stanley Cups.
Reprovingly reproof-proof, here sits
L.Bugs Potter, esq. Assistant Head Honcho to what goes down in Chinatown, Big Cheese at Flannelcorp Media, and Lead Copy-boy at Habsbros Hard Data Factory: http://habsbros.blogspot.com
You’ve never seen a worse miscarriage of justice? What kind of world do you live in? Gionta sets the example on and off the ice. He’s got a huge heart, he never quits on a play, he scores timely goals and he can handle the media (important in Montreal). We have a great leadership core now – Gio, Markov, Gill, Gorges, Cammalleri, Gomez, Pleks.
Fan since ’71
Someone should tell him he’s got a point. Quebec needs to start turning out more leaders instead of plunkers.
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Listen to the SmartDog. He knows his poop!
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Kovalev just fought Beauchemin… Weird.
hahahaha Kovalev fights
Great choice! A no brainer. Congrats Brian, you deserve it.
Liked Elliotte’s piece too BTW. Who hasn’t busted up a bit of drywall in their lives? Hilarious.
That doesn’t answer the question, Puckie; it only shows that you can put a capital letter on “laine” for no reason and omit the cédille on the “c”.
But did Gagnon say “francophones” or “Quebecers” in the TSN bit?
Reprovingly reproof-proof, here sits
L.Bugs Potter, esq. Assistant Head Honcho to what goes down in Chinatown, Big Cheese at Flannelcorp Media, and Lead Copy-boy at Habsbros Hard Data Factory: http://habsbros.blogspot.com
I’m in, more leagues I join, more chances I might win in one of them.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
Damn I just missed the Kovalev fight..howd he do? lol
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http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/24279250
My spinorama shootout goal with Cammy
Ruffle Cammy’s feathers? He’s just coming in to his own. Gio is a vet with a ring.
“We don’t see things as they are, but as we are.” – Anais Nin
Don’t pollute the water.
Didn’t even get a shot in, Beauchemin got him jerseyed
although im interested to hear this as well, sens dude clearly said francophones…
Ahh crap …that sucks
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http://www.easports.com/media/play/video/24279250
My spinorama shootout goal with Cammy
That’s correct
They Call Me Shane
add-dumb = adam, geez PB must I spell everything out for you????
sholi meant adam76 was the troll!!!
maybe should’ve said a-dumb76
C’était une blague sur Adam76, mais il est allé droit sur votre tête hehe
They Call Me Shane
Bugs! You missed the irony? Oh the shame of it.
Where’s Tucker when you need him?
Captain Gionta will decide before every game.
congrates brian – because i know you are reading this!!
Free autographed Halak jerseys here
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
They keep lowering the bar on this captain thing. Who whadda thought the next captain could possibly be shorter than Koivu?
But seriously: Good luck Brian, I think you’re a great choice.
GO HABS…
3,000 fans will show up, of which 2,958 will have driven down from Montreal.
And the jerseys will be half price, unless the team makes the playoffs in which case everybody who bought the jerseys will be billed for the rest.
I don’t disagree.
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“Droit sur votre tête” means “right at your head”.
You meant “par-dessus”.
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L.Bugs Potter, esq. Assistant Head Honcho to what goes down in Chinatown, Big Cheese at Flannelcorp Media, and Lead Copy-boy at Habsbros Hard Data Factory: http://habsbros.blogspot.com
“And the jerseys will be half Price”
Why would half the jersey’s be Prices?
I am so confused!!
Those evil Blues. They sold season ticket’s at half-Price too!!!
Bugs, he said francophones.
Tried to link you but no go, sorry dude.
I always said that Gagnon character was a tool!
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L.Bugs Potter, esq. Assistant Head Honcho to what goes down in Chinatown, Big Cheese at Flannelcorp Media, and Lead Copy-boy at Habsbros Hard Data Factory: http://habsbros.blogspot.com
Brian Joseph Gionta, eh?
If you mix those letters around, you’ll find that Gio’s destiny was preordained…
Jean, top Hab origins.
Oh, Jean B. rising atop.
And, of course…
Big hooters in Japan.
Too much time on your hands JD?
Do you mean… no… can’t be true.
Not a Halak vs Price controversy in St Louie too?
Ohh the humanity!!!
And I thought that my mind was warped!
I’ll take Styx hits from the 80s for $600, Alex.
JEEBUS! Or as you would say:
So it is written…
FREE TIMO!
Wonder if Saku has contacted Gionta.
hahahah thats jokes
We try to give you some F-Love and you get technical on us.
How ’bout “I eat Ponj’s hog brain”
(I don’t know who Ponj is.)
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L.Bugs Potter, esq. Assistant Head Honcho to what goes down in Chinatown, Big Cheese at Flannelcorp Media, and Lead Copy-boy at Habsbros Hard Data Factory: http://habsbros.blogspot.com
Thats only true half the time.
That’s like “trying” to take care of my kid by beatin’m up!
Thanks…I guess.
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L.Bugs Potter, esq. Assistant Head Honcho to what goes down in Chinatown, Big Cheese at Flannelcorp Media, and Lead Copy-boy at Habsbros Hard Data Factory: http://habsbros.blogspot.com
“If you run in to Bertrand Raymond, punch him for me.”
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
When it’s properly tabulated.
Which is only 37% of the time.
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L.Bugs Potter, esq. Assistant Head Honcho to what goes down in Chinatown, Big Cheese at Flannelcorp Media, and Lead Copy-boy at Habsbros Hard Data Factory: http://habsbros.blogspot.com
Bugs translate is more refined than Google or Babel Fish.
Do you want to donate it to our Gainey Childrens Foundation Raffle.? Should bring in a few bucks for a good cause. Love to have it.
unfortunately, sacks took his abuse in stride
ill punch him if i see him though, for that and my own reasons
Ha! I love the last one (I live in Japan now).
Big hooters all the way!!!
So beating him up for mistranslating is your tit-for-tat reposte?
I recognize that you are familiar with the carrot and stick approach but more carrot and less stick is the key to seduction. You do know the adage about flies, honey and vinegar don’t you?
No, that’s not the riposte. Read again.
As for the adage, uhh, the best honey pancakes are the ones with flies and vinegar in’em?
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What ,did Price even face 11 shots last game?lol
I salute you Capt. Gionta…….
Care to share any?
they both are weak and again french english is apparantly both of their strong points
try translating mexican in estonian for fun
wait thats not fun
nvmnd
Nice!
Why is it an accepted thing that “Vancouver represents Canada’s best chance at the Cup” for the past year or two and again this year? “Everyone agrees” and “common knowledge” and “they got depth everywhere” and what the hell?
Am I the only one sees “Bobby Lu” as a complete bust in his playoff career so far or what? If Couver is so terifical, why do they get the sh*te kicked outta them every time the heat’s cranked to 11?
A better question: why do I even watch TSN if all it does is rile me up?
Reprovingly reproof-proof, here sits
L.Bugs Potter, esq. Assistant Head Honcho to what goes down in Chinatown, Big Cheese at Flannelcorp Media, and Lead Copy-boy at Habsbros Hard Data Factory: http://habsbros.blogspot.com
for unecessarilly perpetuating the language issue
The Comedy Network was having technical difficulties? Where else can you find such outlandish comedy?
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
Sweet tapdancing Jesus – I just wanted to know if it was Price or Auld in nets tomorrow night.
JM’s policy is to only name goalies on the day of the game, I doubt that has changed. I’m guessing Price gets the Sabres and Auld gets the Islanders, test Price against a tougher opponent and give Auld a softie.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
Auld
because price sucks
Michael Landsburgh:
When they offered you the captaincy did you consider turning it down?
Gionta:
Not at all, it’s the Montreal Canadiens, and to be named captain with them it’s quite an honor.
I like the cut of Gionta’s jib.
I want to tell ya this, that we have as good a chance to win the cup this year as any team in the league. A few things have to line up and If the boys come together the same way as they finished last year , Watch out for those Hab’s
How many stitches ?
Dude, you’re persona non grata here. Unless you get on board the I love Carey train you will never be truly accepted by the I heart Carey crowd.
Cuz it’s HOCKEY! In glorious HD! (That’s my guess.)
Hey Urkel, that is a bit extreme!
If I had a vote…it’d be for Pleks as Captain. But I’ve no problem with this decision.
Thank you.
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Nigel Tufnel: It really puts perspective in things, doesn’t it?
David St. Hubbins: Oh, too much. Too much fu*king perspective.
–This is Spinal Tap
Yeah, that’s annoying.
There is always substance in your posts!
We are lucky enough to have so much leadership from individual players such as Pleks, Gomez, Gorges, Cammi, and of course, Markov and Gill.
I’d give them both (or at least the Sabres game and the first half of the Islanders game) to Price. We’re at the point where it’s time to start rounding the real Team A in to shape for the regular season.
damn! i was hoping for MOEN but i am happy with gio as captain…in other news l’artist got into a fight with beauchemain..
Against Beauchemin? Did he get his easel smashed over his head?
Thanks for editing your post to make it less douche-baggy.
Yes but we took a massive hit when they let MAB walk, I’m still not sure the team can recover from that loss.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
Didn’t Fatty Brodeur pen a column last year saying Gomez and Gionta weren’t leaders?
That may have been the case but my gut tells me Gainey had no intention of signing Kovalev if he (or his agent) did what they did. In other words, Gainey was pretty fed up with babying him and when he took to long brushing his hair in the mirror to give him an answer, Gainey had no qualms looking elsewhere and that “elsewhere” was worth it.
Good for Gio and the team.
I thought it was going to be a slow news day…
Great move. Brian Gionta is an excellent choice as captain and will do us all proud.
My favorite Habs is also now captain of my beloved team. Doesn’t get any better
than that.
Go Habs Go!
An excellent choice.
I just got goosebumps watching that video on Habs TV. I am very excited with this news, Gio was my pick for the C. I think he’ll continue to do great things for the organization.
Just playing devil’s advocate here… but none of those guys are captains.
anybody remember when the C on the shoulder meant “see” you later? carboneau traded, named kirk muller captain. muller traded, named mike keane captain. keane traded with roy, turgeon captain. turgeon traded, damphousse named captain. gotta love the mid to late nineties.
An excellent choice. Make us proud Brian!
BJ Gionta , i love it
Glad to know that Francois Gagnon has good intel.
Great choice by the habs. Considering the term remaining on his deal, his character, and what he’s done for this team in his first year, I would say it was a natural choice.
I’m expecting a huge year from gomez and gionta. For those of you keeping score, 28 goals in 61 games is equivalent to 37 over 82. Thats great production, and this guy is definitely worth the $5 million we are paying him. 15 points in 19 playoff games isnt too shabby either.
double post…guess I am just that happy.
Oh happy day! And I get to wear my Gio t-shirt when I cheer on les boys at the ACC next Thursday.
AHH SO HAPPY!
Plus i have tickets to the game tomorrow night so that will be a bonus to watch our new captain take home ice for the first time!
Yeah it was a good one. A couple of highlights from last season before the “Je suis Brian gionta” part would have been a nice touch.
Not my first choice (Markov), I wish him well. Curious that the two “A’s” will be worn by defenceman. I hope management talked / offered it to Markov, though he is silent he leads by example (like Beliveau)
Can’t go wrong with Gionta. Markov and Gill are obvious A’s and we really do have a GREAT leadership group with Pleks, Cami, and Gorges too. Great.
And also important: my 8-year-old daughter will be so happy that the man of her dreams is now wearing the C. I only hope this doesn’t put him further out of reach to her.
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Pierre LeBrun on Twitter: Just spoke with Lou Lamoriello who was oozing pride with his former Devil Gionta now captain of the Habs, “They made a great decision
Go Habs Go
For Markov, it goes hand in hand with a new contract, which they might want to wait on until they see him play a little.
I have no doubt that Markov will be back. I think he might not have wanted th “C” because of the media responsibities that go with it. As has been said before you do not need a “C” or an “A” on the sweater to be a LEADER.
Ussually the C went to whoever the best player was, and beyond that there wasnt a whole lot other teams would want. Turgeon might have been the only time the C was traded and there was actually talent around after.
Great choice- I Born a Giant will be a leader among many in this character-filled club.
Next Thursday is taking an awful long time to get here…
FREE TIMO!
sweet.. that nhl video gave me shivers.
congrats Gionta… now show us what you can do
btw I read the avtsin article and nowhere does it seem to imply that he had an attitude problem.
it seemed the reason he didn’t play was because the coaching staff he wasn’t ready for NA type of hockey.
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I have little doubt he’ll be back either. Just saying that for him, the “C” is contingent on a new contract, which probably isn’t on the front burner.
And, sure, not having a “C” won’t make Markov any less kickass.
I know it’s just a letter, but I was really hoping for Gomez or Cammalleri. I like a captain with character, but it’s not about what I want.
They Call Me Shane
Just back from the NASCAR race at DOVER ..what a time indeed !!! What better news to return to ..the naming of Gionta as ” C ” . Management got that right …now if they’d let Ryan White make this team ..and I belive he has shown he can ..they would be 2 for 2 ..and another “character “guy would be in the line up … we would not have to worry about this fella “giving his all” nite in and nite out !!!
Per Bobby Mac, all players from yesterday’s waivers went unclaimed. Carle is still a Hab.
http://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie
WOW this must be a BIG story even the Toronto Sports Network has it and in a special story box as well.
As per Bob Mckenzie, Mathieu Carle cleared waivers today.
Gionta is the best choice. He almost has all the qualities you would want in a captain, the only one he lacks -that only I find important I guess- is the ability to drop the gloves and win a fight.
[Disclaimer]: I’m a hockey fan. I care about the habs, but probably not as much as you.
Beat me to it
Also looks like Saint Yzerman has made his first mistake – the other Pouliot was waived
I don’t think anyone was picked up on waivers in the last 2 days, some kind of gentlemen’s agreement between GMS about waivers this time of year?
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
OH!!! Forgot his team leading 10 pp goals only tied him with Metro.
If you ever just wanted to blow up this site:
http://erkie.github.com/
Booooooo!! The C belongs on Markov. “It’s my goal to lead the league in 4 minute roughing things” -Scott Gomez
I remember some members of the Yzerman Cult loving that move.
Without wasting your time looking it up, do you know if Carle must pass through re-entry waivers, if called up?
What’s the deal with Wade Redden? I read part of an article about him being put on waivers because of his massive contract.
Is he still there? Did anyone take him? What’s the deal?
—Hope Springs Eternal—
Or..
Maybe because each team’s salary cap is so f-up?
“These head movies make my eyes rain” -Simple Jack
I got AK at under 64.5 pts, with Triple X and Tom Nickle.
PK and a full year (well…close enough) of Markov will take over for Metro
Unless your name is Wade Redden, then your GM is praying for someone to take you
lol
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I disagree, given on most teams if you touch the captain a bigger guy will take you out before he gets the chance.
Now now, you don’t ALWAYS have to have a reason to boo…
Markov is a leader in the room, but I don’t think he’d relish the media aspect of the job.
—Hope Springs Eternal—
AHL. Just shows how much of a joke the cap is, if you can get away with this.
Yes there is among the old dinosaurs of the league, such as BG and PG, but how was Stevie Y stopped from making a claim? Perhaps the league intervened for the sake of parity.
No Russian will EVER wear a “C” for the Habs for ONE reason, we need a captain in the PLAYOFFS!!!!
I agree with your point, and Im not saying to fight regularly, Im saying like Vinny does in TB for example.
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No, he is exempt from re-entry waivers for this season.
Thanks, that’s what I thought.
Vinny can drop them all he likes, he’ll lose if the guy is a real fighter. For the amount of cashola he makes I’d suggest he keep his gloves on.
Delusional, eh? Well, I don’t believe ya!
I agree. Gionta delivers the goods.
[Disclaimer]: I’m a hockey fan. I care about the habs, but probably not as much as you.
Gionta has plenty of character. Gomez and Cammalleri ARE characters, and that’s fine. The right chioce was made.
To be fair, Redden himself has become somewhat of a joke in the last 3 or 4 years.
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Yeah, screw Pavel Datsyuk, Sergei Fedorov, Evgeni Malkin and all those other heartless Russkies!!!
Stop listening to Xenophobic Corner on CBC. This kind of bigoted nonsense is what gives the NHL a bad name. No other pro sport gives a flying **** where a team’s players were born.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
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Yes but that’s the GM’s problem. Either trade him or eat the cap hit. Otherwise what are cap hits for?
Hey Cat,
Look at it this way: if anyone touches Gionta, they’re probably going to be a couple of inches bigger than him. How could you not rush to the aid of your Captain being set on by someone bigger? My guess is Gionta will be well protected and won’t often even get a chance to throw a punch.
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Way to bring the conversation from exultations about a new captain, right down to ethnocentrism. There’s no need for comments like this on HIO.
Why do you assume it has to do with being russian, it has to do with choking. I like russian players.
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Has Lecavalier ever actually won a fight? The only one I remember is Iginla handing him his ass and concussing him.
Agreed! Kinda like Chicago sending Huet to the Swiss League.
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Because it’s exactly what he said, Russians shouldn’t wear Cs because they can’t do it in the playoffs. It was bigoted, mindless and uncalled for.
Markov’s a better defencemen than anyone on MTL since Chelios was traded and did get his job done in the playoffs, he played strong defensive hockey while dragging a boat anchor called Bergeron around for the first 4 games of the playoffs.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
Ahhhh.. maybe because the initiating post states, “No Russian will EVER wear a “C” for the Habs”?
Right you are. My mistake.
[Disclaimer]: I’m a hockey fan. I care about the habs, but probably not as much as you.
i agree with this assessment of markov. i think he’s comfortable in the room with the other players, even gomez was saying how good markov is in the room and that it’s a shame we don’t get to see it. in front of the media, though. not so much. being the alternate is perfect for markov, that way he can concentrate on his game and leave the questions to gionta. i doubt markov was hurt by this choice.
Hey, Markov do not have Russian Syndrome.
Scott Gomez to Montreal Media “You’re a pain in the neck, but you’re our pain in the neck.”
Also, doesn’t the claiming team pick up the entire tab on the way down but only half on the way up? If so that would explain the claims usually being on the way up.
Well put.
Anyone touches Gionta, I hope he doesn’t get a chance to throw more than one punch before someone bigger (i.e. anyone else on the team) jumps in.
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even a broken clock is right twice a day!
could it be? a decision by montreal management with which everyone agrees? is the apocalypse upon us?
did i type too soon?
ahhh thanks!!!
and thanks RGM too!!!
Okay, when did it officially become trendy to make Cup Rings that look like they belong to rappers?
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
A little ostentatious..Bettman’s bling design? No year?
”We don’t see things as they are, but as we are.” – Anais Nin
Don’t pollute the water.
Fugly.
You definitely a playa wit dose, yo.
Straight-up baller.
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hear, hear! koivu. there’s nothing i can say that you haven’t already mentioned above. he was great, and i miss him. i think back to the centennial celebration game (dec. 5?) and watching the highlight reel, seeing koivu in all the ceremonial face offs, it seemed a shame he wasn’t around for the actual centennial game, the one cammy notched a trick in. he deserved to be in a habs uniform then. i remember thinking that.
One thing i’ve heard, just now, from an ex-hab on the radio is that Koivu was a great leader, but was not able to rally the room when it counted.
He was def a leader on the ice and gave it all.
If Gionta can do what Saku was not able to… then he will be a great captain.
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Canadien en 5!
Never go Full Retard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svwGRJA28lY&feature=related
bullshit he played on such crappy teams
he could have walked when nobody wanted to play in this city
Saku always played well under pressure …. if the guys he played with couldn’t….then the fault lies in them. If the professional athletes needed “rallying” when it counts…then they were hopeless to begin with. If they worked their whole lives dreaming of winning and then packed in because they didn;t like Saku Koivus “rallying skills” then they are some sad souls and probably have many regrets. Koivu always kicked it up a notch when the chips were on the table…he was nearly a point per game in the playoffs, actually better than int he regular season. You never liked Koivu …fine…but don’t try and tell me it was because we was a poor captain (whatever that means) or not a great player….he was and still is. IF wearing a C during a period where the Franchise sucked is a fault then…guilty as charged…..but that is like saying Don Mattingly couldn’t play baseball or that Marcel Dionne couldn’t play hockey.
I agree, he’s one of my favority players as well. I still remember Grabovski’s first game and how Koivu went over to him and told him to chill out. Koivu had the respect of his team.
I’ll be wearing his jersey at the Bell Centre when the ducks come to visit next year!
Kovalev only wore The C in the absense of Koivu which makes a difference because in The Bell Centre there is a special room where all permanent captains of The Canadiens have their portraits or pictures displayed on a wall for all to see if you go on a Bell Centre Tour. I went on a tour & saw the display and someone asked if Kovalev’s picture would be displayed with the answer being no since Kovalev was only a temporary or subsitute captain while Koivu was injured………
Someone can check but I believe the team’s record was better when AK wore the “C” than when Saku did. AK sure played better.
too true.
I believe Eller is going to be play Centre in tomorrow’s game:)
cant wait for opening nite and seeing all the leaf fans cry. congratulations Gio!
Great name/Avatar!
______________________________________ Gionta IS Captain.
Check these videos out… Next Robbie Shremp… ok hopefully alot better
http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/juniorhockey/blog/buzzing_the_net/post/Jurco-s-skill-puts-him-at-the-top-of-the-class?urn=juniorhockey-272723
Nice! Never heard of him..
Would be nice to see another Slovak in the NHL – recently a rare species..
Does Ray Ferraro ever shut the *** up about bashing the Habs? What a douche nozzle.
What is he saying now?
I like Ferraro. What did he say? Macguire is the one that gets my goat!
gionta will be a great captain, i woulda liked to see cammy but giontas great too. markov deserves assistant for sure as does big hal. we need a leader to run the room “officially”. saku was awesome played all out every game giontas got big shoes to fill.
Give credit where credit is due and that has to be former GM Bob Gainey’s signing of Brian Gionta.
Gainey’s signing of Gionta, which some questioned at the time, has come to be after one season a
shrewd acquisition and the naming of Gio as team captain further making the signing one of Bob’s
better deals (the other being Cammalleri).
Gionta’s tireless dedication and commitment to the team both on and off the ice is in keeping with
past team captains. He joins some of the most illustrious captains in team history and is cognizant
of that fact. He is both humbled and honored of being named captain, but is also equal to the task
and challenge of representing the team with zeal and pride.
No better man IMO could have been chosen at this time than Gio to become the 28th team captain
in team history. A great day for all us Habs fans.
Go Habs Go!
Wrong. Give credit to Kovalev’s agent for trying to get more money than Gainey offered.
WOW….
That’s the most positive post I’ve ever seen on this site. Congrats, buddy.
In a very weird way, I was trying to find some negative input in there, but nope…none whatsoever.
Great job, but it almost feels as if this comment doesn’t belong on this site, lol.
“These head movies make my eyes rain” -Simple Jack
I got AK at under 64.5 pts, with Triple X and Tom Nickle.
That the Sharks are planning on naming a captain “the right way”, silently at practice instead of making a big deal out of it. Like anyone in the world gives a flying *** who the captain of the San Jose Sharks is.
Like anyone gives a **** about a team that can’t stop crapping their pants in the playoffs while they brag about their intimidating “Shark Tank”, their recently resigned Team President just admitted they haven’t had a profitable year in the 8 years he’s been there despite the crowds they bring in.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
Congrats Gio. I’ve liked you since your days in Jersey and not many could replace Saku for the C. Great choice bring on the season!
Gionta is a player his team mates can look up to!
Aahh, ok, I see what you’re doin there, S-Bee.
Prrretty clever.
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He must be new.
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Hey, wait a minute. We’re missing something. Neither Tony or nuna has waded in with their “midget/smurf/tiny tots-PG-and-BG-are-senile-old-men-and-PG-never-won-anything” mantras. The Gionta “C” won’t be official until we hear from the fringe element.
FREE TIMO!
Tony was here, he posted as “God”, LOL
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Notice how they never, ever have anything positive or good to say about the Habs. Never a hope that they’ll make it. Always a prognostication of their demise and for all intents and purposes seemingly wanting the worse. Oh, they’ll say they only bitch and complain because they want the Habs to be better but never offer any suggestions and only discredit everything the Habs do.
Even when I touted tanking™ I always intended it as a means of rebuilding via the draft. When pressed to elaborate I always mentioned that picking well in later rounds, trading up not down and development were also key elements in building a winner.
Gio for captain is a good decision IMHHO, and there are other suitable candidates so that speaks to the Habs’ leadership depth, and the haters can’t bring themselves to recognize this.
Nuna’s out by the fire busily preppin’ some catgut and asked me to pass this on:
“It figures that Gionta is the new captain when you see that both Gomze and Camalari are in the way of being with the new alternates that are Markov and Gil so that when they’re both playing on the same line, Gauthire isn’t the same GM as Gainey mentioned before Boivvin said he was stepping down. And he said that because everyone knows that the smurfs are the first to have to know when Gaturhie said the same thing, this was before a guy like Alex Delvecchio was the captain for Detroit even though Redmond wasn’t doing the same thing already. I told you so.”
Just doin’ my part to keep the communication channels open.
Props to that
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I am worried about this…
OK, I’ll bite….why?
post of the year…. only because your reply made me cough up water…
Owner Jacobs won’t rule out Ryder demotion - by James Murphy
BOSTON — While general manager Peter Chiarelli gave winger Michael Ryder a public vote of confidence Sunday, Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs, speaking at Wednesday’s media day, didn’t rule out the possibility of Ryder being shipped to the minors.
Alex Kovalev and Francois Beauchemin dropped the gloves.
http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/hockey/comments/you_wont_often_see_this/
That figures.
You’re kidding? That was Tony? What a goof.
FREE TIMO!
Goodluck GIO – wishing you the best, lead this team, this CITY to a cup, BRING IT HOME
I was surprised to read in Hickey’s piece that this is the first time the Captain was not selected by the players.
Why was that I wonder?
“Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!”
2nd time. Hickey is wrong.
Gainey was the 1st time.
Hello! First post ever. (long time reader)
I think Gionta is a great pick to be the Captain! Can’t wait for the season to start, already got tickets to 2 games in October.
Cheers to you all!
Welcome aboard!!!
Welcome to the party, have a good time.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
I feel for you…. Just kidding. Welcome aboard, and:
GO HABS GO!!!
Welcome. Keep your head up.
This decision has the HI/O masses in full agreement!! I thought the world was supposed to end in 2012?!
And for the record, like everyone else, couldn’t agree more with naming Giant the 28th Captain of the Habs!!
Nice one!!!
Indeed!
Well the new captain is beyond reproach, but at the end of the day, the habs still are going to suck, hows that?
[Disclaimer]: I’m a hockey fan. I care about the habs, but probably not as much as you.
The only thing they suck is the wind out of le Separatists sails.
Wow, that was relevant.
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Yup, we’ve all decided to chill out and accept our fates…
It is a very eerie feeling, I agree with you.
Am being sarcastic mon frere.
Don’t bother with Bugs, Mon Vieux… He’s the best and the brightest, the smartest man in the room. Hey Bugs? How’s your French?
Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful, Puckie. That’s not my fault.
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I don’t Bugs, I’m starting to LOVE you.
The world to end in 2012 – Did The Leafs make the playoffs ?
On entend JAMAIS parler du français au sein de l’équipe que LORSQUE les Anglophones en font allusion à NOTRE égard.
Non. Saku s’est fait critiquer pour n’avoir fait AUCUN EFFORT pour apprendre les expressions françaises de tous les jours, comme “Bonjour” et “Merci beaucoup”, pas parce qu’il “n’a pas appris le français”. C’est les Anglais qui t’ont fait gober ça. On ne voulait pas qu’il nous écrive un roman, pardieu, juste qu’il nous dise “Bonjour” et “Merci beaucoup”!
En passant, pour être Francophone, faut surveiller son usage, sinon on expose notre degré de francophonie: “tu tenteS”, et non “tu tente”, médias français “montréalais” et non “Montréalais”, “joueurs francophoneS”, et “se donnait”. Faut pas avoir peur d’utiliser des virgules, non plus.
Mais j’apprécie la tentative.
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Lol… tu me fais penser à mes profs de français au secondaire… merci pour les corrections.
Run-on sentences are the way to go….
J’espère bien que par cette phrase tu
ne tente pas d’insinuer que je suis Anglophone. Je te promets que, pour moi, la langue d’origine
ou la nationalité d’un joueur n’importe aucunement. Cependant les médias français Montréalais sont
toujours en train de nous inonder avec des opinions que le Canadien n’a pas
assez de joueurs francophone. Saku un
capitaine qui se donnais complètement a l’équipe étais critiqué a maintes
reprises pour le fait que pendant son temps a Montréal il n’a pas appris a
parler en français.
that… season?
Isn’t there ANYTHING that all Habs fans can cheer about? Seriously … Dissing Gionta? The man is gold.
Felicitations Brian, et Bonne Chance!
(NEW POST – 28th Captain – Visit me at http://www.bleedbleublancrouge.blogspot.com)
Amen to that.
Scott Gomez to Montreal Media “You’re a pain in the neck, but you’re our pain in the neck.”
While I appreciate that Brian Gionta talks about how amazing it would be for the city and the fans to bring the cup back to Montreal, I can’t help but think that, really, the most amazing thing for him, would be lifting the cup at the Bell Centre. Imagine!
So here’s what Gainey did in just over a year. He rebuilt the Habs and took them from having a leadership vacuum to have leadership depth.
Now you’ll say that Koivu was a great captain and leader, etc. I wont dispute that. I always loved Koivu, the player.
It’s no secret that around the time of the meltdown I felt the Habs needed to go in a new direction without him. That’s one of the reasons I was so optimistic last summer after the purge. I’d say I am even more optimistic about the upcoming season.
Koivu’s tenure although it didn’t necessarily exacerbate the situation never resolved it either and in essence perpetuated it. The room had been split and factionized since Chelios/Carbonneau. Koivu inherited the mess. However now the room is unified, there is a leadership core and they are on the same page.
I am neither optimistic nor pessimistic but I do like what is developing as the new character of the team and that moving forward I feel the club is regaining that pride that it had decades ago that will make them champions again.
IMPOSTER ALERT…IMPOSTER ALERT!!!
Someone must have drizzled mind control drugs into HH’s oatmeal this morning. His s— disturber levels are seriously diminished these days
FREE TIMO!
“I was so optimistic last summer after the purge. I’d say I am even more optimistic about the upcoming season.”
“I am neither optimistic nor pessimistic”
LOL…so which is it?
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If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
– George Orwell –
To tank, or not to tank. That is the question.
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After admiring the Stanley Cup: “This is the only thing that has seen more parties than us.”
- Steven Tyler
Agree with you Koivu did is job as the face of the hab but lost the room went Rivet go traded and never bother cultivating new support to keep the young one in line, witch was is biggest mistake as all vets should have push in the same direction as they are now !
The way I see it, Gainey in part used Koivu as a scapegoat for the team’s woes. He now hides behind a new face but still pulls the strings. He hasn’t accomplished squat yet, as far as I’m concerned. I’ll take scoring depth over ‘leadership depth’ any day.
“We don’t see things as they are, but as we are.” – Anais Nin
Don’t pollute the water.
I agree, well put. Someone’s been eating their veggies.
Uh, not quite, HH. Make no mistake, Gainey had our current captain’s money earmarked for Kovalev, whose agent thought he could get a little bit more elswhere. Dumb luck for Gainey.
Should we really give props to Francois Gagnon?…
I mean, sure the guy must have had reliable sources when he broke the story.
But, don’t you find that he acted like that annoying friend of yours that likes to spoil surprise parties and stuff?
You know, that guy who either gives away clues by accident, or tells the birthday boy what’s being planned for his b-day and to pretend like he’s surprised when the day comes?
“These head movies make my eyes rain” -Simple Jack
I got AK at under 64.5 pts, with Triple X and Tom Nickle.
reporters report things….
Love It – Very funny. Poor Gio ..
Gionta: “How come all the lights are out in the dressing room?”
Team: “Surprise!!!”
Gionta: “Wow – I never woulda guessed!!! You Guys are the best.”
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Our Hard Data Factory had the story during Washerburg series. We met the guy on the Dulles-Dorval flight. Link below, it’s all there, baby.
No one ever credits us.
It’s a friggin sham, all of it.
Whatever.
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Totally off-topic, but has anyone watched the movie “The Insider”?
I watched it for the first time today.
Man, what a masterpiece – Russell Crowe and Al Pacino just blew my mind.
Christopher Plummer has a great personality!
Well, “masterpiece” is a bit strong, but the final scene where his daughter turns to look at her daddy the whistle-blower was particularly effective.
And Plummer was all that, fersure.
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I have to say, that is one beautifully written post. Cogent argument convincingly made, calm tone, no insults. Are you sure it was for this site?
Yeah, cuz we just don’t get it.
We would rather have Gontrand “Fingers in the Nose” Amyotte over Wayne Gretzky just because he’s French. Yes. That’s how we think. We don’t recognize talent, just frenchness.
Good luck convincing us otherwise, Eman.
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Being of French Canadian background I take exception to the term “frenchies . Just remember there are just as many English Tremblays as there are French (they just happened to move out)
Enough with the bigotry on this site, already.
While don’t like the ther “Frenchies”, his point is still valid. There are people who have expressed their distaste over the lack of French talent on the club. However, if you ask me, 25% is pretty good
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Hey there! I’m half “frenchie”, but I get your point, you meant the politico whackos who want to divide the country, right, have their own “country” yet still have Canada pay their bills, right? Yeah, I thought so, those are my cousins, I still love ‘em though.
GO HABS!
That’s because, à talent égal, management oftens favours shmoe from Smolensk over Gontrand Amyotte. And we’re fed the line that, no, shmoe from Smolensk has that liiiitle bit more of the bla-bla-bla-whatever that puts him ahead of Gontrand Amyotte and UPSETS the à talent égal part. And that has no basis on PRACTICAL reality.
Ex: Listen, I can be convinced that Spacek is “better” than François Beauchemin, ok? But, in the final analysis, I can say they are also à talent égal. I dare say that one or the other playing for us last year would not have affected our overall performance. We KNEW who they were and they PLAYED like they were.
So why not Beauchemin instead? That’s what we’re sayin. That’s where we could address “more french on the club”, not Gontrand Amyotte over Wayne Gretzky, which is what “other people” insist on believing and want the rest of the world to believe as well.
Btw, got nothing against Spacek. Like him on the team. He plays fine far as I’m concerned. Wish he could put’em on net more often to completely fulfill his contract, but that’s really the only knock I have against’m. Overall reliable. It was just an example.
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Just wondering how you figure 25% there are 3 players Darche, Lapierre and Pouliot on a 23 man roster that works out to 6.9%
Aaah, relax; we’re frenchies. We’re frogs too.
Don’t worry; we love it.
Knock yourselves out.
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Try adding in the prospects
There is more to the team then just the main club.
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I agree in principal to what you are saying. When we won all those cups the percentage of French players was higher 16 were on the “93 roster and 10 in ’86 but times were different then.
I wonder also if the local FREE AGENT player just can’t be bothered to sign with Montreal because of the constant scrutiny that he would come under.
Some players thrive under it like Cammelari and Markov Gionta looks like he will, but others like Theodore and Brisebois where booed out of town (To his credit Brisebois returned)
Theodore was a local boy, but he aint french
I might agree when it’s “à talent égal” et personnalité égal.
But, I’ve heard on more than one occasion that Beachemin is a bit of a prig. Where I’ve never heard anything but good things about Spacek as a teammate.
That stuff matters too, especially in the context of last year. You know remaking the culture of the team and all. Prigs mussy that up.
Because French Canadians ignore Montreal, want too much money or don’t want the hassle. If it is such an unbelieveable priviledge for a Francophone to play for the Canadiens, why do none of them ever seem to be willing to take less money to play here? They always say the right things to please the hometown crowd in the media with “I’d love to play for the Canadiens one day” but they always find a way to avoid the team. Habs draft Francophones when they’re the best player available but the only French Canadian the Habs really missed out in the draft in the last half-decade was Claude Giroux and that’s all they missed out on.
Habs even invite local Quebec-born players who go undrafted (Many for good reason) to camp to give them a chance to impress and they still don’t measure up so they’re let go. If the talent isn’t there to draft generally and the Francophone players don’t show enough of an interest, why should management bend over backwards for them?
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
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That is our word – you have no right to say that!
I never heard that.
But, well, if he’s a prig…
Are you sure about this?
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That’s fine. It’s not “French Canadians”; it’s “SOME French Canadians”. Nothing suggests it to be applied as a general rule.
If some think it’s too much for them to handle and don’t wanna play here, then we don’t want’em.
Brière didn’t want to play here.
Beauchemin did.
On peut quand même faire la part des choses, Yahoo.
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Of course I’m not sure. I don’t know these cats personally, but I have read this type of thing more than once, and not in reader comments.
The idea is supported by the fact that Burkie brought him to tarranna. Best I can see, Burkie’s assembling a cast of prigs.
Though your supporting argument is ironclad, I dunno…
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Link, please.
It’s no secret that the Q is way behind the other two major junior leagues in Canada in producing NHL-level talent.
It’s not an argument, I’m simply adding a possible consideration to the discussion.
Briere’s about the only guy who ever said that and the French Canadians always say they wanted to after they signed big-money deals elsewhere, they never said “i’d have taken less per year to play in my hometown.” after they make one of those deals it’s just ‘unfortunate circumstances’ that they ended up with a fat contract in a lower-tax market.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
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Brière took LESS to play in Philly; don’t need to link it.
Here’s the Beauchemin link: http://www.paperblog.fr/2192488/le-premier-choix-du-canadien-c-etait-spacek-robert-sauve/
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Would have loved to have Beauchemin instead of Spasck, however he was looking for Komi money at 4-5 ml and BG wasn’t looking to pay $ 4 ml. Talked and as per Kovy, not interested in drawn out negotiations as BG had a plan C option…Spasck.
Francois didn’t get signed for 7 days at basically what BG was offering. His loss if he really wanted to play here.
Ha! Yeah, head on a swivel, kid.
You better believe it, most of our trolls were pretty concise posters until Mike G and I kept catching them at the blue line with the elbows up.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
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and keep your stick on the ice
I don’t know if it’s just because you’re the conduit, but I’ve never seen NoNo be so coherent.
Coming through loud and clear sir!
FREE TIMO!
My first choice all-year around was Cammi for Captain, but I guess there are better reasons to choose Gionta, and I still Love it!! Some reporters say that Cammi may sometimes be a little cocky, and Gio is more of an “assembleur” than Cammi..!!
Am disappointed that Gorges did not get the A’ tho but, again, the Habs is composed of amazing leaders.
Go Habs Go, and let the season begin already!
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I love how Gill looks like a giant in this picture.
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anyone got one of those new 3d tv’s..and glasses http://www.thestar.com/living/article/867887–hockey-night-in-canada-to-show-leafs-habs-in-3-d?bn=1
Completely unsurprising, but excellent news. Can’t wait to see another C on Gio’s chest!
Here is a pic from Andie Bennett of Team 990 of the captains, looks like a crazy bar graph.
Lmao..
And like usual, Markov has the biggest smile.
“These head movies make my eyes rain” -Simple Jack
I got AK at under 64.5 pts, with Triple X and Tom Nickle.
Yea I know..
Just kidding around.
“These head movies make my eyes rain” -Simple Jack
I got AK at under 64.5 pts, with Triple X and Tom Nickle.
it would be nice for teh habs to surprise us instead of some reporter though. and like this would have been a nice surprise.
in this case, he also spoiled a very big Habs news item.
btw, he didn’t break any news on the matter. folks knew about Gio’s captaincy weeks before Gagnon decided to “break” the news. Habs had to scramble because he’d just put a wrench in their timeline. he apparently didn’t make any friends on the team that day.
reporting on future news -especially something that has no real consequence on our well-being right now (re: political scandals, etc) as, say, the captaincy of a hockey team before training camp- has more to do with attention-seeking and gossiping than actual proper, well-respected journalism. add the fact that the news was broken on a few blogs weeks before Gagnon even wrote his column (and that 95% of Habs fans already had a gut feeling he was the obvious choice) also points me to the annoying friend theory.
that being said: congrats on officially being the Montreal Canadiens Captain, Gio !
Sorry guys, out of topic thing, but I’ve been absent in the HIO house for a number of weeks… WTH happened to TIMO, the pessimist of all pessimists??? Is it bad to actually miss him
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He was Timonized after the last game of the playoffs when he went off like a 4th of July cannon in a Boston Pops concert. Dearly missed but broadcasting sporadically from a mobile transmitter in up-state Vermont.
FREE TIMO!
Opportunistic!!!
brilliant strategem!
take no position and still claim the right to bitch either way… well done
There is actually no contradiction here. It’s state versus trait. The poster is saying that he’s neither a pessimist nor an optomist by nature (trait), but that the changes made him optimistic (state) last summer and that state of positive excitement has returned even stronger now.
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Holy crap SD, you are a smart dog! Good boy. Want another cookie?
FREE TIMO!
The fact that you even felt the need to answer that tells me that you read too much into my post – it was merely a good-natured barb.
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Hey, it’s better than Spacek’s golf grin.
Poor Spacek…
He came here last year, and nobody knew him. We found out that he was just a little, creepy-looking kind of guy..
Now this year, he ditches the double chin, and shows up at camp with a triple chin!
WTF Jaro, comon dude?
“These head movies make my eyes rain” -Simple Jack
I got AK at under 64.5 pts, with Triple X and Tom Nickle.
It’s funny, there were a lot of Sabres fans that were really sorry to lose him. I like “Shpatch”. He had to play most of last year on the wrong side and was used for way more minutes than he signed up for. But he covered OV like white on rice and that puts him in my good books. I think he’ll have a bounce-back year.
Yeah, I noticed that too!
Put on a few pounds, eh? Too much knedle and piwo back in the Father(Mother?)land, I guess.
—Hope Springs Eternal—
Hal Gill is hilarious. I wouldnt be oppose to seeing him stick around for another year. Him and Gorges make a good PK pair, Spacek and Hamrlik are the two who can be replaced by the Farm system.
Go Habs Go!
2010-2011
It’s remarkable how everybody now loves Hal “No Skill” Gill. Go back a year ago and read the posts about him. Little did we know he was playing hurt and sucked it up because Markov went down.
So when will the first article come out saying that he does not speak french?
Gionta’s a classy guy. He’ll learn a few bars of french out of respect for the fans.
[Disclaimer]: I’m a hockey fan. I care about the habs, but probably not as much as you.
When anglos start projecting that the french are probably bothered by it, I guess.
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Did anybody else notice that of our 3 “captains” none are Canadian. Two Americans and a Russian. Boy is Don Cherry going to be pissed.
Good … we give recognition based on talent … not citizenship! Now to convince the “Frenchies”.
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Tell him “Nous Sommes Canadiens”
Marky is canadian. Just saying!!!!
Grapes loves American players, he sees no difference in their style and our style… I don’t either.
I really don’t want to have to dust off those old ideas however I must correct you sir. It’s tank be or not tank be. Sheesh!!!
I’m sorry. I must be cixelsyd. :0
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im not sure in what capacity gainey could have possibly used koivu as a scapegoat… this is rather random…
A rather odd take on the whole thing but like I inferred last night some of this stuff is GOLD!
FREE TIMO!
Gainey never used Koivu as a scapegoat for anything and can we knock it off with the Bob Gainey puppetmaster theories? It’s getting old and should be restricted to Tony’s multiple personalities. If you do still go by the puppetmaster theory though, he surely did a lot of running away from scoring depth by extending Plekanec and acquiring Lars Eller.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
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Well, let’s counter the argument – I’ll take scoring depth over ‘leadership depth’ any day.
I disagree. A team the plays for each other and as a team will do better than a team of supposed high scoring threats, or stars as they are otherwise known, who more often than not without leadership end up playing for themselves. As well, the Habs do have scoring depth and are getting deeper but what is also important is not just scoring more goals than getting scored on but also having the defensive depth to ensure that this is the case. Scoring depth on its own isn’t enough.
The point about leadership depth being more desirable is that it ensures that the individualistic scorers are held accountable to the rest of the team.
While I agree with much of your point, I think it’s a little early to annoint Eller with the “scoring depth” label, don’t you?
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A bit early, but Eller so far seems like a real prospect to add to the team’s scoring and it depends on defining what depth is, MTL isn’t fitting him for guaranteed top-line duties but he adds offensive options as a forward to swap into the Top 6. He has the ability so far to keep up with the team’s scoring forwards and contribute, he’s an option so I consider him depth material.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
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Here I am defending Koivu ( who I didn’t imply was a prob in the scoring depth dept) and you get all hissy?Oh ok, Gainey is not a consultant to PG, his assistant during his own tenure. We’ll see if that scoring depth pans out. Until then, chill.
”We don’t see things as they are, but as we are.” – Anais Nin
Don’t pollute the water.
wicked
now how this paints gainey as using koivu as a scapegoat ill never know… who wants porkchops?
When did Gainey ever scapegoat or blame Koivu for anything? It never happened.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
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Actions speak louder than words.
“We don’t see things as they are, but as we are.” – Anais Nin
Don’t pollute the water.
so not resigning him meant ergo that he was scapegoating koivu?
in a summer when a shitload of other players werent resigned?
man thats reaching
do you own stock in alcan?
I did say in part. That whole dismantling of the core that year? It speaks volumes.
“We don’t see things as they are, but as we are.” – Anais Nin
Don’t pollute the water.
I’m not impressed by your dim-witted snarky jabs. I did say ‘in part’.
“We don’t see things as they are, but as we are.” – Anais Nin
Don’t pollute the water.
my bad didnt notice “in part” at first
but im not the only one who didnt, which would suggest either were all dummies and jumped on that ham
or the tone of your post meant “in part” wasnt the focus
or as a conspiracy you edited your post
How big of you..
I didn’t edit it.
“We don’t see things as they are, but as we are.” – Anais Nin
Don’t pollute the water.
okay so to answer your weird acusation
no he didnt make anyone scapegoats he changed the guard
and i was pisssssed we didnt resign koivu and komisarek
anywhoo
Washington…….
Congrats Gio!
Go Habs Go!
Good news!
Finally we have a Captain…
http://media.turku.fi/kamera1.html
Congratulations Brian, go kick some ass this year!!
OK point taken BUT you know what I meant
I find it remarkable that ANYONE disliked him at all. Did they lose thier memory?
We GOT him from Pittsburgh for a SPECIFIC reason: stalwart pylonicity. Especially for the playoffs.
He delivered exactly that like gangbusters all year long.
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Bingo, him and Georges made a killer goaltending duo.
Goalies in Montreal have two roles, netminder and scapegoat.
Indeed, the Hasselhoff manoeuvre hypnotised many a point shot come crunch time.
A lot of the dislike had to do with him taking delay of game penalties multiple games in a row for putting the puck over the glass. Once that stopped, so too did much of the dislike.
Go Habs Go!
Couldn’t have picked a better guy.
Goalies in Montreal have two roles, netminder and scapegoat.
not a problem with this announcement.
Very happy with the selection. Sets a tone for the team to continue the work ethic they showed in the playoffs last year.
An excellent selection – hats off to Gio!
Go Habs Go!
one small step for Hab, but one Gionta step for the Habkind
booooo
So that’s what you were up to all summer??
lmao
just went to change it and you screwed me quickdraw!
I think this is going to be the first time in years since all us habs fan are going to agree on something:) This choice is so right that I can’t picture anynoe disagreeing, Markov is perfectly suited for an A not a C, Gill is only signed for one more year, Cammy is too open with the media (same reason I think Subban will never be a C on the team, not that its a bad thing). Gionta plays his heart out, leads by example, has a cup, even by his interviews the guy is a proffessional. Now lets all enjoy on aggreeing on something cuz it won’t happen often:)
Works for me…I’d like to see Cammy with an “A”, but can’t argue with Gill and Markov.
XXIV…and counting
He will reply: Nos hablas Espanol.
Very satisfied with the choice, heart and soul player who scores in the clutch. I now feel very justified dressing him with the C to win 5 Stanley Cups in EA NHL games.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu.
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Great Call !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
been readin…..mostly skimming over Price/Halak crap but still readin….wasn’t the most exciting summer for the Habs but the training camp has been interesting….we went from bare cupboards to having to make donations to the Hamilton Food bank. I am thoroughly impressed with our future outlook after seeing first hand the progress being made by the organization. We have at least one whole top six line coming down the pipe homegrown between Leblanc, Avtsin, Eller, Palushaj, etc …..guys like Desharnais, White, Maxwell (thought he was done personally), Pacioretty all showing signs of progress …guys like Enqvist, Dumont,etc also impressive….really amazing actually considering the mess we were in before…..I remember when Trevor Timmins was getting lambasted on here…and Gauthier was getting ripped….I think we have a far brighter outlook then I possibly imagined. Obviously anything can happen but this has been one encouraging preseason to me anyway.
Totally agree. We’ve all worried so much about how poorly the team seems to draft and develop players that it’s wonderful to see how much progress has been made. Can’t beat having a bunch of hungry kids knocking at the door.
I think too many of us were ready to jump on the organization for choosing Gauthier to succeed Gainey. I did myself, but so far I can’t fault the job he’s done. The only question marks are around goaltending, and personally I would have made the same choice he did. It’s a gamble, and the last few days have been scary, but if it really doesn’t work, Price and the team can part ways at the end of next season if not before. Meanwhile we had better be on the lookout for more goaltending talent – in Sweden maybe? The Senators’ young rookie Robin Lehner looks good.
Something which impresses me and tells me the scouts have been working hard is how astute Gauthier has been at picking up undrafted prospects like Andreas Engqvist and Brendon Nash, both of whom did well in training camp.
Very true, Bugs.
Well I watched a good movie after a while, so maybe I am exaggerating…haha!
Would you recommend watching Scarface or Godfather? Haven’t seen ‘em but heard lots of praises.
If that’s the type of gangster movie you want, watch “The Godfather II”. By far the best of the Godfathers.
Then “Goodfellas”.
“Scarface” is bloody as hell and hasn’t aged well except for a) Pacino’s over-the-topness and b) a young Michelle Pfeiffer.
But if you want the nec plus ultra of American gangster movies…”Miller’s Crossing”, baby.
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Gionta will be a great captain. I’m game to say he will be better then Koivu.
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Never go Full Retard
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ZOMG FLAME WARS FTW
seriously dude
Those are some big shoes to fill…..ok maybe not the shoes but Koivu was a great leader and in all of my years following Saku Koivu I have never heard a single player criticize him …. not one…..that tells the story better than any media outlets, bitter moronic fans,etc. Saku was and is one of the classiest Habs of all time and should be remembered as such….he was never surrounded with players of equal ability and much like Sundin in Toronto was expected to make wine out of water…..Saku will always remain one of my favourite Habs and will only be remembered for what I saw out of him every game, a guy who cared about little kids holding flags, a guy who fought cancer, played with partial vision, banged up knees and still kicked ass, a guy who consistently went into corners with Chara and came out on both feet and with the puck, a guy constantly talked to his teammates during games, a guy who never flinched in the face of adversity, a guy who despite his stature was the first to go hard to the net. Gionta is a class act but trying to somehow insult Koivu over this is something I feel is foolish…..the ironic thing is that Gionta is the closest thing this team has to Koivu…the guy who fans and media falsely blamed, Gionta plays very similar, has a similar stature, is also not a French speaker, is also not even Canadian….but none of that matters…heis the right choice….like Saku was…..so praising Gionta and insulting Saku tells me it will only be a matter of time until the same people wrongly target Gio…like Saku though I don’t think he will flinch….that is what makes them both great.
Great choice. I think Gio was the best option out of many leaders. Can’t wait to see him hoist the Cup!
This is non Captain Gionta related – but I was wondering if anyone knew why Danny Kristo wasn’t at the training camp? Or was he at the prospects one earlier and cut before getting to this one?
From what I remember didn’t he have a good junior game ?
NCAA regulations.
Go Habs Go!
Players who are returning to college, and that decision is made before this camp starts, are not able to partake in the main pro camps, for a couple of reasons. They are not allowed to have anything paid for them by the pro teams, so they have to foot the bill, and school has started so they have to be there, if they are playing on the school’s team.
Said it before and I’ll say it again, I would follow that man into any battle. I hope he retires a Hab captain.
Congratulations, Gionta! Great choice on the part of the Canadiens’ organization.
Rejean Tremblay’s gonna cry now