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CHL's Suspension of Yakupov Disgusting
The CHL's Top Prospects game is one of the more curious affairs of the hockey season. It's not an All-Star Game so much as a showcase, where the top players eligible for the 2012 NHL Entry Draft playing in the league have a chance to impress scouts while playing with and against their peers. There...
Price vs. Halak. The Return.
Time to break out an old gimmick to look at last night's return of the prodigal son. Unfortunately the return involved the Canadiens treating Halak more politely than any time during his Canadiens tenure. I still believe that the Price vs. Halak debate is going to bubble up and I wouldn't be...
Some late evening Habs reading
"I'm working hard to pick up the language as much as I can and as quickly as I can. Hopefully that will be the case by the time some of the decisions are made" - Randy Cunneyworth 01-03-2012 Well if you want a few words for your boss, say around mid-late April, perhaps, "Va te faire......" are...
The language and realism barrier
The Montreal Canadiens have long had ties to the Tampa Bay Lightning through, if nothing more, want. What we've had is what they've wanted. Understanding the want is to understand a culture that's divided and proud of its heritage. The want that we're, as Bolts fans, used to hearing about is the...
The NHL's Most Interesting Name: The 1980s Part I
by Rick Dikeman via upload.wikimedia.org The 1980s were a weird time, and anybody who went through it likely has a stack of pictures they hope nobody ever sees. While these unfortunate individuals expressed the odd 80s by wearing Guess jeans and sporting odd buzzcuts and combovers, the NHL...
The Five For Howling Roundtable: A Few Of Our Favorite Hockey Things
Greetings Phoenix Coyotes fans. This week, in honor of the holiday season, the FFH staff lists a number of their favorite (and least favorite) things revolving around the world of puck. Feel free to list your own in the comments section. Travis Hair - Managing Editor <!--[if gte mso...
This Day in Habs History for Nov 4
1921: Leo Dandurand was named manager of the Montreal Canadiens. 1956: Jacques Plante completed a perfect weekend, with his second straight shutout over the Chicago Blackhawks, a 1-0 win (following a 6-0 victory the day before). It was Plante's 21st career shutout. 1971: With Ken Dryden taking...
This Day in Habs History for Oct 31
1942: Maurice Richard played his first NHL game with the Montreal Canadiens. He wore #15, and picked up his first NHL point (an assist) 36 seconds into the game, a 3-2 win for over the Boston Bruins. 1974: Ken Dryden recorded his 15th career shutout in the Canadiens' 3-0 win over the Washington...
This Day in Habs History for Oct 26
1940: The Canadiens signed Ken Reardon and John Quilty. 1946: Maurice Richard scored his 8th career hat trick and added an assist and Billy Reay picked up three assists in the Canadiens' 7-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings. 1972: Jacques Lemaire scored twice and added two assists, and goalie Ken...
Time for some perspective
I have long given up the fight trying to convince the emotional mind to produce rational thought. If one made their life goal to fight this fight and lived in the city of Montreal they would find themselves in the madhouse very quickly. The emotional fan tends to jump to scapegoating and...
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