The Hamilton Bulldogs will bring their 2012-13 training camp to Sherbrooke later this month – so we’ve got some hockey to look forward to in the event of an NHL lockout.
Here’s the press release from the Canadiens on their American Hockey League farm club’s camp:
Loading ...
If theres a lockout couldnt the habs send down there entire team to the bulldogs or only players with a one way contract?
The lockout will mess up the usual player movement process. In the last lockout, players on their entry-level contract were allowed to play in the AHL if they were ineligible for waivers.
Again, one-way or two-way contracts don’t have a bearing on this issue. Two links below to learn more about waivers and player contracts.
http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=430807
http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2009/11/26/1174855/waivers-101-a-guide-to-the-nhl
So…just off the wall here….if the billionaire club decides to lockdown, I think the Canadian teams should repatriate the Cup, start a true National Hockey League, ie. Canadian, add Hamilton, Quebec City, and Halifax, and go it alone. Let the American teams pay Bettman’s mega salary. Oh….if Buffalo wants to join, more power to them.
What is the political symbolism behind the Hamilton Bulldog logo being an English bulldog instead of a Frenchie?
Surely this cannot be a coincidence!
The current poll should have listed CHL in general, rather than specifying QMJHL. Same goes for College hockey in general rather than specifying Quebec College hockey.
I can’t answer this poll, because I will be watching the OHL (which would have been included in the CHL, but isn’t included in the QMJHL designation). Just an observation since not all of us are from Quebec. (Actually, I would wager most of us aren’t)
Can anyone tell me if the Bulldogs games are televised?
ONCE A HAB, FOREVER A HAB!!!
I am pretty sure some games are locally in Hamilton but other than the RARE game on sportsnet they are not
Ok, thanks Kooch
ONCE A HAB, FOREVER A HAB!!!
Just found this brother:
http://ahl.neulion.com/ahl/
They have all games online. Not sure if you have to pay or not though
Huge influx of Timmins’ gems are eligible for Hamilton this year. Check out a few of them……
http://bleublancetrouge.ca/
Where, exactly, is the next generation of hockey owners going to come from?
Because the current crop is coming up short.
To the extent we know any of them, most don’t inspire respect – the exact opposite in the case of the two most influential – but all of them deserve condemnation should they carry out their threat of a lockout if they don’t get their way.
Their avarice knows no bounds, so it’s the players they look to for the imposition of constraints. Their answer is to forcibly rein in players’ salaries at the collective level because, individually, they can’t trust themselves to exercise sound business judgment in the signing of long-term contracts.
If they were to exhibit any kind of acumen in how they conduct their affairs they would wind down those operations that are a drag on league profits.
Just how much do these weak sisters in the United States add to the league’s national profile, and were they essential to the huge television contract signed with NBC? The suspicion is very little, and highly unlikely.
But if the sad-sack enterprises are that important to filling league coffers, simply by being bricks in an edifice of a professional sport looking to become an even bigger draw, then the NHL should be doing more in the way of revenue sharing to prop up laggard franchises. It should view such expenditures as an investment for the league’s greater good.
That’s if the owners firmly believe, and have good reason to think, their future and fortunes rest on a 30-team league.
No matter how you spin it, however, keeping failing teams afloat fractures logic. League contraction offers more hope of increased prosperity and better entertainment than not pulling the plug on clubs seemingly on life support.
There’s a lot of talk about what’s in the collective bargaining agreement between players and owners, but equally of value would be to know what is the understanding that binds the teams together, and the degree to which each of them lives up to the assumed obligations.
Bleeding red ink for an extended period would seem to be proper grounds for eviction from the old boys club. Gross incompetence would not be tolerated for very long if a derelict owner were a player instead, hoping to remain on the roster (unless the arrangement that binds NHL teams makes allowance for the continued existence of DiPietros and Gomezes among franchises, in which case the league is truly a lost cause).
But it’s the players, the ones most responsible for the success the NHL enjoys, who are being told they’re the solution to a problem not of their making, the solution being to take less for their toil.
Yes, there are those who are overpaid, but the owners already have the means to keep salaries in check: self-discipline. The evidence is there that recklessly spending on long-term contracts more often than not fails to achieve the desired goal.
Play the odds, don’t overpay players, is advice worth heeding, and shouldn’t need to be enshrined in a contract.
Of course, the owners run the risk of being accused of collusion should a sudden outbreak of common sense occur.
Greed and shortsightedness pretty much ensure that’s not likely to happen any time soon.
– “A little whine, a little rant — let’s put an end to all this cant” –
What “event” are we most likely to see next?
1) NHL hockey
2)Next Quebec provincial election
3)Quebec awarded an NHL franchise
4)Timo gets married..Mike Boone is the Best Man
5)Montreal awarded a MLB team
6)Buffalo Bills win Super Bowl…Cigarette Smoking Man from “The X-Files” be damned
Buffalo Bills are relocated to Montreal, prompting Quebec City to demand an NHL team but it gets a MLB (Minor League Baseball) team instead, drawing the wrath of the PQ government, which calls a snap election, but all eyes are focused on the pending nuptials of Timo and Boone.
It’s weird how some things work out.
4) My wife may have something to say about that… something like “go right effing ahead”.
Timo was just in Russia, isn’t that the largest pool of “Ready Made Buy a Bride” in the world?
Sorry Timo, had to ask though.
I have a serious question as an anglo relocated to brampton at a young age.
If i relearn french (and move back) Would I, for the first time, be speaking the “common tongue” or would it become a bunch of english on their phones that seem to speek louder than necessary.
something tells me that if i learn french i would feel more at home.
Oh look a Tony Romo interception….. ho hum… same old same old.
Go Habs Go!
Check out Top Shelf Prospects, my Team by Team prospect reports
http://lastwordonsports.com/
‘Putin planning to lead Siberian crane migration’; cbc.ca http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/09/05/putin-crane-flight-siberia.html
…wonder if he has ‘a beak’ that fits Marois ? …and, hopefully along the way, she ‘bonds’ with the geese and never comes back
…I was surprised how emotional I reacted last night hearing the PQ is back for another 4 years of political Chinese water-torture
…I have been out of Quebec for 16 years …You would think I would have let-go all the resentments
…seems I haven’t …maybe never will
…o well, take a deep breath Christopher …British Columbia ain’t chopped liver
_________________________________________________________
Habitant means PASSIONATE HOCKEY
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=423049
Campaign to Retire Toe Blake’s Number 6 !!!
…and, last, but not least: FREE PUSSY RIOT !!!
I give it 2 years…max…then they’re out on their ears again.
***Subbang Baby!!!***
…it’s just those 2 years of misery We have got to endure though
…let alone Our Team …if You were a FA choosing between Our Habs and another in a city where one does not have these perceptions of high taxes and potential linguistic hassles for their children’s schooling, etc., it’s another needless deterrent when We will want to add a veteran talent to Our promising Kids in the future
_________________________________________________________
Habitant means PASSIONATE HOCKEY
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=423049
Campaign to Retire Toe Blake’s Number 6 !!!
…and, last, but not least: FREE PUSSY RIOT !!!
Pfft…I’ll outlast them here and I’m a transplant from Laffland.
***Subbang Baby!!!***
…well, if I was left with a ‘choice’ between Toronto and Marois …I can understand Your resiliency
I don’t want to be an alarmist, but I do worry that some free agents might be put off by any kind of political and social ruffles due to the Parti Québécois being in power. I’m not very worried about the political consequences, they’re in a minority and will have to govern with probity and collaboration, just about the perception of a UFA having to choose a place to live with his family. Factor in the weather, the media, the taxes, now this on top? Not something we needed.
Look at me putting hockey above politics. I’m getting not so young.
Yikes! This guy is looking more and more like the fellow from North Korea, can usay cheesy publicity stunt? Seems at home riding that ass, or is it a donkey in the photo.
Don’t know anything about the fellow reporting this, but Peter Adler Of the Edmonton Journal thinks both sides are talking.
http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2012/09/05/recess-is-over-nhl-and-nhlpa-talks-resume-behind-the-scenes-reports-peter-adler/
The way I see it, the players can play elsewhere (albeit at lower salaries).
Some teams (looking your way Phoenix) might balance or even gain from this (short term…as if Phoenix has any future other than short term haha).
But for teams that matter, that is an insane amount of money not going to be made to just let this go. You have to think the wealthy teams would just be furious at not having a season.
Dammit I just moved from Sherbrooke to Calgary a few months ago!!! What the heck!
Occupation: Professional Hedonist… aiming low and exceeding expectations
Hobo with a laptop
Ready for some football, some Federer tennis at the US Open, and some Bill Clinton speech at the DNC.
Got a feeling it’s gonna be a good night!
Welcome to the first instalment of Football Inside Out.
On today’s program….uh….ooops.
Wrong blog site…. sorry.
…yes UCe and HIB seem to be in the wrong room, don’t Ya think ?
…sayin’ all the ‘right things’ …but those avatars have gotta go
…Gooo Packers !!!!!!!! …Goooo Als !!!!!!!!!
Go Packers ….. Go Ticats …..
Edit: Gawd, now someone’s clipped my exclamation marks
Edit. Edit. And half my colons
trade ???
I like to think my avatar is useful, in that it serves well to identify my posts. Those who are interested in reading my musings can easily pick them out, as well as those who want to give them a wide berth. Much better than using the CH like everyone else, they don’t stand out from each other.
Also, what’s with all the Golden Retrievers at HIO? Three by my count. No problem with it, Goldens are the coolest dogs ever, just a nice coincidence.
And before you excommunicate me, know that I use the CH in one of my Fantasy Football Leagues, and I’m damn proud of it.
———————————————————————–
This isn’t “Billionaires vs. Millionaires.” Only a willfully uninformed fool would apply that sloppy shorthand designation to this disgraceful power grab crafted by some of the wealthiest individuals and corporate entities in North America aimed against professional athletes.–Larry Brooks of the New York Post
http://relentlessineptitude.blogspot.com/
Football inside/out?..Below is a link to that board. Occasionally there are 2 or 3 of us posting……
The site does not have the extensive following that rivals this board.
http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/category/sports/the-snap/
Yawn….
On another more important note, this is the best I have felt about my Steelers in a very long time A-Z. Major talent both young and old now, all over the field on both sides of the ball. I know the statistics are not in their favor (year 3 blah blah blah) and some would think they are old and slow…keep thinking that.
Here we go Steelers, here we go!
I think you know who has your back 44!
GIANTS.
***Subbang Baby!!!***
Uhh hello! PATRIOTS!!!
Pfftttt..Clearly the Broncos.
__________________________
☞ The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool. ~ Richard Feynman ☜
Are You Ready for Some FOOTBALL! Hey its all we got.
You bet Amigoi! Finally, Go Cowboys.. Yee Ha!
So aside from the fact that my man TB will pull another rabbit out of his helmet (oooo witty….), do I have to plan an Ontario road trip?
Try and do it on a 3-day weekend, if possible Gerry.
That way, if my wife nags me to come, I can drop her off at her brides’ maid’s house and we can go and get sh*t faced!
Just kidding, but if you do manage something, let me know.
TB, oh you mean Terry Bradshaw, cool. Winner of 4 superbowls. On it Bri!
Hardy har….
Although I’ll give you that, funny pants.
That man had class and talent to boot.
Too bad the current QB…. well, you’ve heard it before.
We’ll let sleeping rapists lie.
Ooops. Did I say that out loud?
For the Quebecers in the house and just in case…a review of the QMJHL East division teams;
http://www.allhabs.net/canadiens-prospects/qmjhl-preview-telus-east-division/
Check out Bob McKenzie’s video on TSN on all the young guy’s coming off ETL and still awaiting new deals including PK…he explains the probable why.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/
Now don’t you start giving people a reason not to start with PK stories, just stop it right now HabFab!
Can we get a block of tickets for a Sat night Bulldogs game?
Or do you want me to try through my contacts??
I have to go out, contact on e-mail
Getting a large block of tickets to the bulldogs will be easy.
Go Habs Go!
Check out Top Shelf Prospects, my Team by Team prospect reports
http://lastwordonsports.com/
#4 of top 25 under 25;
http://www.habseyesontheprize.com/2012/9/5/3239118/top-25-under-25-5-lars-eller
A copy of the email I sent RDS recently. Please add your voice to mine and pressure RDS into giving us Hamilton Bulldogs hockey this season, at least during the lockout.
Their email address is info@rds.ca
**********************************************
Bonjour RDS.
I’m a Shaw Cable subscriber in British Columbia as of Thursday September 6. When my service resumes, I won’t be subscribing to RDS as I have in years past, strictly due to the planned lockout of the NHL. Please provide this feedback to your partners in the NHL. I suspect I won’t be the only subscriber outside Québec you will lose because of this work stoppage.
One reason I would pay for RDS is if you would broadcast Hamilton Bulldogs games. I would love to see the next crop of Canadiens playing this season in the AHL. If you can see fit to plug the holes in your schedule by providing us with a couple games a week of Jarred Tinordi and Nathan Beaulieu, I’ll gladly pay the extra for your programming.
———————————————————————–
This isn’t “Billionaires vs. Millionaires.” Only a willfully uninformed fool would apply that sloppy shorthand designation to this disgraceful power grab crafted by some of the wealthiest individuals and corporate entities in North America aimed against professional athletes.–Larry Brooks of the New York Post
http://relentlessineptitude.blogspot.com/
“HIO-osmosis”
I like that….very witty!
…You left out any mention of the …Campaign To Retire Toe’s Number 6 !!!
Grrrrr
_________________________________________________________
Habitant means PASSIONATE HOCKEY
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=423049
Campaign to Retire Toe Blake’s Number 6 !!!
If there is no NHL, I don’t think they are going to need any pushing, although you may be right and they may be inclined to show more Q games.
I wonder if Gary Bettman overplayed his hand by being so intransigeant and huffing about a lockout so early in the negotiations. I feel that the players, and even the fans, have come to accept the lockout, since it’s inevitable. They’re prepared for it psychologically, and while they’d rather be playing and earning, they’re expecting to go a month or two at least without pay. The PA told them to hold off on big purchases and bank their salaries from last year, they’re getting their escrow amounts soon, so the September 15 date might feel more and more like a bureaucratic technicality. So as much sabre-rattling as Mr. Bettman does, it’s not scaring anyone, they know what they’re in for anyway, the threat has no effect when it’s combined with a no option to alleviate the threat.
“I’m going to punch you in the nose if you don’t give me a dollar.”
“We both know you’re going to punch me in the nose no matter what, and that I won’t give you a dollar, so why don’t we just get it over with.”
As such, now the real deadline might be the January 1 Winter Classic, and the pressure will slowly shift to the owners’ side to become more reasonable as the lockout endures into October and November. While they were united behind Mr. Bettman in 2004, I think in this case Geoff Molson and the new Leafs owners, among others, will grow disenchanted at having to pay interest on loans with no revenue coming in. They’ll start to think that a 1st round knockout isn’t necessary, a decision would suit them fine.
———————————————————————–
This isn’t “Billionaires vs. Millionaires.” Only a willfully uninformed fool would apply that sloppy shorthand designation to this disgraceful power grab crafted by some of the wealthiest individuals and corporate entities in North America aimed against professional athletes.–Larry Brooks of the New York Post
http://relentlessineptitude.blogspot.com/
Hey I mentioned he overplayed his hand on this site earlier, DOH! forgot to trademark my thoughts.
Yah, I think he did, but I think he also is going to find out soon from a couple owners, exactly what he needs to do in order to get a deal done soon or else.
I don’t think the power brokers want to miss a season for the sake of Phoenix, Jersey, etc, etc.
It wasn’t plagiarism, but maybe I absorbed your ideas through HIO-osmosis.
LOL, I think Bettman in his arrogance actually thought he could just bully the union around. His smugness is sooo annoying, like I have posted before, he makes Donald Fehr sound like a reasonable person with whom I would enter a business partnership with. And that is IMPOSSIBLE I thought. But Gary does do that.
@HiB – if you’re serious about the mini summit idea, count us in! Love watching the baby Habs in that drafty old barn
I will need some help, but Yah, if indeed we face big lockout I would be happy to try do something. I have already emailed the Dogs asking what they can do.
CHeers!
I would be in. I know someone in sales as well, perhaps he can help if you run into a dead end.
———————————–
It’ll always be Habs Inside/Out to me
One thing the Bulldogs could improve on is that logo, nothing against the bulldog breed, but that’s just not a good logo.
100% agree.
I have to disagree, I think it’s a great logo. Maybe it’s because I own a bulldog, but it’s a logo that represents the teams name.
I got nothing agaist bulldogs, and I love dogs, just can’t own one right now. I just don’t like the shading, and the way the jaw line and bone is drawn.
24, where’d you find your avatar?
In the gutter in the slums of Glasgow.
just kiddin.
Aeros excluded, I’ve always thought the AHL had weak logos.
EDIT: I also loved the Manitoba Moose
Hey Jm, the Syracuse Crunch! Now where talking.
———————————–
I want to like the Crunch logo, I just… I just can’t for some reason. But I love Syracuse University, so whatever close enough.
GO CRUNCH!!!
It would look better without that bone.
I got no issues with it, but then again, I love University of Georgia Football and hey who doesn’t love Uga, the nickname of their Bulldog. As Bripro will attest home of Hines Ward, the great Georgia player (qb in college) who went on to Steeler fame.
In some ways Hamilton may be more exciting to watch than the big team. It’s where the future of the organization is. We already know the Habs will at best be fair-to-middlin’ this year.
@Habinburlington. Back in the 80″s a buddy of mine was manager of the Don Cherry”s near Copps. Is it still there? He said there were nice broads down there.
Frontenac, I have no idea if still there, I think i was in it about 10 years ago but not back since. Most of the Don Cherry’s closed. As for the Ladies there, I was in during a weekday for lunch, was dead quiet inside.
Thanks Amigo.
Don Cherry’s in Hamilton is long, long closed. Its been a number of different establishments since then. I think the latest was an Indian Food Restaurant but I’m not sure.
Go Habs Go!
Check out Top Shelf Prospects, my Team by Team prospect reports
http://lastwordonsports.com/
It’s now a bar/club type of place now. Looks like they try to be high-end (they have bottle service) but I’ve never been in.
———————————–
It’ll always be Habs Inside/Out to me
It’s 2012 and you use the term “nice broads”?
Very brave, frontenac!
Yes, well, Don Cherry was in the same sentence, so that’s a free pass.
Ah Sh*t! There I go again. Sorry Amigos.
Thought this might interest some.
Montreal – P.K. Subban
Where: Super VideoTron 1330 av. Du Mont-Royal E, Montreal, PQ, H2J 1Y5 (514) 303-4414
• Alternate NHL 13 “Athlete TBA” Cover Sleeve
• Swag giveaways
Come celebrate the launch of NHL 13 with us at an EB Games Canada Exclusive NHL 13 Launch Party. EB Games Canada is hosting parties in 6 cities across Canada with 7 NHL® athletes, including a street hockey tournament in Toronto where you can register your team for the chance to be coached by an NHL® athlete!
Pre-orders of NHL®13 picked up at midnight September 11, 2012 at each participating location will include an alternate NHL®13 cover sleeve featuring that city’s selected NHL player*. Lineups will begin at each location at 7:00pm (local time) to secure a chance to have your copy signed.
This is wicked! Its too bad i live out here in Calgary, will have to keep a look out to see if these covers pop up online somewhere.
*Haters Gonna Hate*
They are going to 6 cities, so Calgary might have it’s own launch party, just no Subban.
Yeah unfortunately im a habs fan and thats the only cover i would like. Calgary is having a launch with Mikael Backlund as the cover, so i will save my time and energy lol.
*Haters Gonna Hate*
Why not iggy? or Kipper? Backlund? Seriously… things are bad in Calgary.
It is not a party without Pernell
Barring any exigent circumstances, I think I’m gonna wander over and get my copy there. Thx for the heads up.
So I just looked online at tickets for Bulldogs, Season Tickets are $570 for all reg. home games in the golds at Copps Coliseum. Okay, thinking seriously now about buying those. Ends up being $15 per game. Reg. price is $26 per.
Been debating the same thing myself but am not sure of my work travel schedule so it is hard to commit. Good deal though
I have emailed them with some questions. Apparantly if you can’t attend a game they will allow you to use your ticket from that game towards a voucher at another game. I am guessing you may instead get an additional ticket or perhaps food/beer at another game. I will let you know details when I get them Kooch.
Went to a Dogs game a couple of years ago & once you are inside you can sit anywhere it appears. Had the $ 26.00 tickets (lower level behind the opposition net) and a group of 6 below us wanted to watch Hamilton shot on The Marlies for three periods so they changed their seats after the 1st/2nd periods & sat in the same location for the third period with no problems as a good attendence at the games is about 5,000 so no one is going to get hasselled on where they do or do not sit in the arena……
Nice info G. No increase from last year. My grandson got in for $20. Parking, meh $5 (different use of the word meh). All-in-all probably a great bargain to watch Bournival, Gallagher, Beaulieu, Tinordi, Ellis and Pateryn (listed in order of earliest call-ups to the post-lockout Habs). Oh and Cedric should be a solid goalie. Nathan Lawson was solid last year but has moved on. Young Czech goalie, ?Robert Mayer?, wasn’t impressive.
“May you live in interesting times.”
Pateryn may surprise. He is older, more physically and mentally developed than the others. He has size, plays the physical game that the Habs need on the back end, and had a good Prospect camp this Summer. If he gets off to a good start down on the farm he may be the first call-up on D.
Wow, that’s a great deal.
Too bad it would cost me $200 in gas for every game.
Still works out cheaper than an NHL game!
LOL. Yeah. But it’s a little longer in getting there.
Plus a hotel stay. Let’s face it, you won’t be in any condition to drive back the same night.
Sleep? Who needs sleep?
Now if they serve Guinness, that’ll be a different story.
8:50 PM – Timo…. I just realized.
Your comment went right over my head.
Good Deal.Go for it Amigo.
Oct 26,28
Nov 7,9
Nov 14,16
Look like good weekends to take a train and bail for the weekend and see how the next generation looks.
Where’s a nice place to stay in Hamilton? (Nice=serves beer, maybe food. I’m not too picky)
Across the Skybridge in Burlington. Waterfront Hotel. Nightlife in Hamilton can be rough, but if you can handle it….. Sheraton Hotel is right next to Copp’s Coliseum.
“May you live in interesting times.”
Haha, good recomendation Guy, JayK can do some cougar hunting at the Waterfront hotel after the game!
Did not know that ’til now! And by the way, some of the local big cats drive Porsche Cayennes and Audi Q5s.
“May you live in interesting times.”
That sounds like an option for the day my GF smartens up and dumps me, thx!
Looking at Google Maps though, would I be warm if I said Burlington looks a lil more pedestrian friendly?
hamilton cougars= sketchy.
Well I can’t testify to sketchy or not, but this is in Burlington not Hamilton. We Burlingtonians think there is quite a difference.
Are they those Steel Mill broads ?
Dude, I was stationed on Edwards AFB in the Mojave. The ‘chicks’ that frequented the off-base bars were brown leather, sun dried, daughters of the sand who made us happy to make the 2 hour drive to L.A. That said, I’m ‘Montreal spoiled’
does avril lavigne and chad (freddie) kroeger play there music at the wedding….
michelle obama ..hot
pauline marois..not
P.K. Subban is going to be on Sportsnet 590 radio in TO after 3 pm (formerly FAN 590). Will be interviewed by Tim and Sid.
“May you live in interesting times.”
So if indeed a full on lockout occurs, Oct. 19th Hamilton would then be the site of the Ontario and whomever else wants to make it Summit?
Marlies vs. Dogs, Mid October is still good golf weather….hmmmm that sounds decent.
Oh yah and for the fisherman, Hamilton Harbour has some beautiful 4 eyed Salmon waiting to be caught, night fishing is allowed as the fish glow in the Harbour.
LOL. Maybe Chris and I can be caddies. Might want to pass on blinky fishing bud.
———————————–
Hi G., maybe Crosswinds would be a good venue! Indian Wells, beautiful but s-l-o-w. Even the muni-course, King’s Forest would be nice. Lots of great choices.
“May you live in interesting times.”
Lets see what happens with the strike, but if indeed we are in for a long wait, I will be happy to help organize. Perhaps I will send an email to Bulldogs tix office and just throw the idea by their way and see what they can do for us. As for the courses agree on Crosswinds, little pricey but nice course.
Count me in
You don’t have any blinky fish?
Sounds like a good idea. Is the 3 eyed fish the result of the former dofasco?
I think that is a pretty good idea for the Dogs to have training camp in Sherbrooke. I wonder though how logistical nightmare it would be to have in Brossard if indeed NHL is in lockup. Those kids would figure out quick which team drafted them. Have to believe still lots of people would shoud up to watch.
Poignant tweet from last night. “One dead, eight million injured.”
That seems overly dramatic to me.
Brodeur vs Hasek vs Roy
What do you guys think?
http://lastwordonsports.com/2012/06/11/brodeuramongstgreat/
Go Habs Go!
Check out Top Shelf Prospects, my Team by Team prospect reports
http://lastwordonsports.com/
Three Conn-Smythes between them.
That”s a Trick Question ! Answer is Jacques Plante!
# 1 is Ken Dryden.
I always have to go with Roy.
Started before the giant pads, played behind teams not known as defensive juggernauts…. gets the credit for starting this whole butterfly style.
Plus I he was the best player on the team when I started watching hockey at the tender age of 4…. and was the reason I have seen 3 cups in my lifetime.
Glenn Hall = butterfly style. Years before Roy. Over 2 decades, in fact.
would you accept Roy was the one who made it popular?
I can’t really argue as this is way outside of my hockey expertise.
Still going with Roy becauset he was the reason I have seen the Habs raise the cup.
Before I jump to read what is surely another great write-up on your site, I must mention the New York Islanders prospects report that you recently posted.
I have been following Isles prospect, Casey Cizikas, over the past couple of years and found your commentary concerning the player to be quite insightful. He is an intriguing young talent. It is nice to have access to such comprehensive analysis of a non-Hab prospect. Great work!
Now…time to read-up on the Brodeur vs Hasek vs Roy arguments. Should be good!
Hasek for me. Roy for clutchness. Brodeur for longevity. But Hasek was unreal for that 5 or 6 year stretch.
Just checked the Dogs schedule. No Albany trip this year. A longer road trip in store for me. For once in a long time the future DOES lie down on the farm and in Junior’s this year. Certainly worth checking on.
Copps Coliseum is a nice arena to watch hockey, J., twenty minutes from my place, so if you are coming to a game or games there this winter, put in a note and I’ll try hard to get to it and meet you in person.
“May you live in interesting times.”
Will definitely try to hook up Guy.
———————————–
Yeah! A new page, with no political discussion!
Let’s all take the time to enjoy….and breathe!
Too bad Sherbrooke is so far.
I would love to watch our promising up-and-comers practice.
Jean Charest is from Sherbrooke. Oops. Politics…
Dave Stubbs
Hockey Inside/Out
Sports Columnist/Feature Writer, Montreal Gazette
• On Twitter: @Dave_Stubbs
• Email: dstubbs@montrealgazette.com
Vive le Quebec li….zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
“Hi, this is P.J. Stock for Depends.”
Romney
He’s a Japanese robot infiltrator! You can tell, no expression, monotone voice and no sparkle in his eyes!
Promote the Youth, Support From The Veterans and Remember the Heritage!
No need to put down Japanese robots.
“May you live in interesting times.”
Vive le Quebec Liza?
Just what Montreal needs, more Vegas Style impersonator shows…
RDS/TSN needs to get involved and try to broadcast more AHL games if there is a lockout.
I’d also like to see KHL games, especially if they play in Brooklyn, as it’s been rumoured.
KHL in Brooklyn? Hmm….. Interesting. The Comrades Of Flatbush! Yeah, that would work!
I think its like two exhibition games in Brooklyn.
Max, the Russian-American writer from my site is going to them.
Go Habs Go!
Check out Top Shelf Prospects, my Team by Team prospect reports
http://lastwordonsports.com/
Moscow on the Hudson
“May you live in interesting times.”
The Brooklyn Bombers
Shiram, I will begin looking for a place in Brooklyn which serves poutine.
———————————–
Quite a few Montreal delicacies in Brooklyn and you can find both Smoked meat and poutine at http://www.mileendbrooklyn.com/.
I’ll treat you when you come down!
Promote the Youth, Support From The Veterans and Remember the Heritage!
And I was just about to say I doubt you can find a decent poutine place there…
Thanks oldschool. Gotta love NY!
———————————–
Was down there about 20yrs ago My wife”s best friend from McGill was married in Brooklyn. Great time with Wonderful Italian Restaurants..Loved the place.
It would be smart for rds to get involved in bulldogs games. How many habs fans outside quebec would subscribe to rds if they didn’t show games?
I add it every october and cancel sometime in april (once I can be assured that the remaining games are on TSN or CBC)
I do the same thing but there is no reason to add rds without any hockey for them so show. Thats alot of potential coin lost from fans outside quebec. RDS could recoup alot of that coin by showing bulldog games.
Yes. They have two games sponsored by the new owner of the Brooklyn Nets (formerly New Jersey Nets) who is a Russian billionaire. He just built the new arena and there is a huge Russian population in Brooklyn near the new arena. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2012/05/first-look-inside-the-brooklyn-nets-new-arena-barclays-center-nba-bruce-ratner-jay-z/1#.UEeY9KD825w
Promote the Youth, Support From The Veterans and Remember the Heritage!
I think you are on to something Shiram.
If you think about it, what is the next best option for Habs fans… the bulldogs. I imagine RDS could figure out a way to get the rights (or split the rights with the local cable network) during the lockout.
I bet 60% of the fans and 90% of the hardcore fans would watch. I would… mostly. I might not cry and stomp my feet when my wife makes dinner plans on saturday evening (5pm starts in calgary) now.
I don’t know if it helps RDS at all, but Burlington (right beside Hamilton) has Cogeco as its local cable provider. Given Cogeco is a Quebec based corp. I wonder if this would at all make it easier for RDS to work with.
Of course this is the same Cogeco that does not broadcast RDS in HD, which I have had many a long discussion with about this topic.
Road trip! Chris and I will pick you up on the way bud!
———————————–
Sounds like a plan!
Had to read your post twice! My mind is in the gutter tonight.
———————————–
I wonder if Daddy Campbell will put Sean Thornton on his list of fakers for that horrible flop’n'dive after Alexei Emelin crunched him.
from http://relentlessineptitude.blogspot.ca/2012/02/game-58-montreal-3-boston-4-so.html
“Another meme propagated by the slimy Jack Edwards is that the Canadiens are a team that dives to draw penalties. Well tonight, we saw the mother of all dives by Sean Thorton, a player lionized as a warrior and a worker and who is currently ranked second behind Doug Gilmour on the list of NHL’ers most likely to be fellated by Don Cherry. Mr. Thornton got creamed in the first period by Alexei Emelin, splattered himself against the glass, turned to see if the refs were calling an infraction, went into a spasmodic collapse during which he, curiously enough, first rose on his feet and straightened, before he gently came down on the ice, carefully, on his hands and knees and then softly onto his elbows, before finally stretching out on his yellow belly. At which point, for a second looking for all the world as if he had been knocked out cold, he lifted his head to see if he had drawn a penalty for his Razzy-worthy performance, then got up and carried on, miraculously revived. It was a dive of European League soccer quality, one for which he should be ashamed, and publicly humiliated and scorned from without. He should get a ten games suspension for undermining the integrity of the league, which can easily pick out these dives on HD slow-motion replay. The refs have a difficult job as it is, without having to worry about these crumplers. Also, they threaten to muddle the picture of what to do about concussions. If everyone who receives a bodycheck crumples to the ice and clutches at his face or head to draw a penalty on the other team, it will make the diagnosis of concussions that much more difficult.”
I like my hits firm but not necessarily huge.