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Stamkos Schmamkos
TSN television took gushing to a new level of overkill last night in its coverage of Steven Stamkos’ pursuit of a 60 goal season. Not only was Stamkos…
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Milbury a pale imitation of Cherry
If Mike Milbury reminds you a lot of Don Cherry, it’s probably because he’s auditioning for Cherry’s job. Cherry’s not going to be around forever, and if Milbury…
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Don’ be hatin’, mon
Don’t count me as part of the crowd crowing over the Toronto Maple Leafs missing the NHL playoffs for the seventh year in a row. For one thing,…
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Playoff loyalties about hockey, not jingoism
Well, we’re just about at that time of the year when misguided patriots from Tofino to St. John’s and all points between will urge their fellow countrymen to…
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Canadiens no longer good at the one thing they were still good at
It’s been said of the Canadiens that no matter how deeply they’ve fallen into disarray as a hockey team, the one thing the franchise still has a…
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There’s only one #11
Along with diminishing skills, erosion of confidence and a seeming indifference to his own shortcomings, there may be karmic considerations to the decline and fall of Scott Gomez….
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Max Pacioretty one year later
Add sense of occasion to the many inspiring qualities demonstrated by Max Pacioretty in the past calendar year. On the first anniversary of a brutal incident that left…
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Cherry on the money – again
Don Cherry is an unabashed Canadian patriot, a fiercely loyal Ontarian and a shameless supporter of the Toronto Maple Leafs, but politics and partisanship were not at play…
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Debunking the myth of the spoiled Canadiens fan
One of the common misconceptions peddled by the purveyors of hyperbolized hockey lore is that the present-day state of the Canadiens is an affront to a fan base…
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Dreaming the impossible trade deadline dream
Let me preface this by saying I realize it’s utter and complete pie-in-the-sky thinking, but indulge me, if only for the sake of fantasy. Four days…
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Holland takes a bath, comes out clean
Even when they get it wrong, the Detroit Red Wings do it right. The three team trade that brought defenceman Kyle Quincey back to Detroit yesterday highlighted a…
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Markov deal alone grounds for Gauthier’s dismissal
(photoshopping by Josie Gold) When Canadiens general manager Pierre Gauthier is finally given his walking papers – as common sense dictates he must be no later…
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One can of whoop-ass does not a banquet make
At the risk of raining on the impending Stanley Cup parade, I’m sufficiently jaded by the first 48 games of the season that the Canadiens’ festive 7-2 romp…
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Trade PK? Be careful what you wish for
Whether it’s brass tacks or the product of a hyper-competitive media market where rumours are an acceptable substitute for fact, the trade talk surrounding P.K. Subban makes for…
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Martin sets the record straight on Subban
It was a long time coming, but we finally have some credible insight into how Canadiens defenceman P.K. Subban is perceived inside the Montreal dressing room. Since his…
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Cammalleri in the crosshairs
There’s a new whipping boy at the Bell Center, and his name is Mike Cammalleri. The shower of boos that rained down on Cammalleri in Tuesday’s loss to…
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Bittersweet night at the Bell Center
What Jaroslav Halak calls a night he’ll never forget is best forgotten for the Canadiens, and the sooner the better. It speaks volumes about the home team’s performance…
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Sacred Quebecois institution, my unilingual anglo ass
This just in – the Richard Riot is over. It ended 56 years ago. Similarly, the notion of downtrodden francophones being hard done by their rich anglophone bosses…
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Molson no help to Cunneyworth
As votes of confidence go, Canadiens owner Geoff Molson’s lukewarm endorsement of Randy Cunneyworth yesterday had all the sincerity and credibility of a Silvio Berlusconi vow of celibacy. It was…
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Martin out to lunch – should be out of a job
There are many reasons Jacques Martin is no longer suited to coach the Montreal Canadiens, if he was ever the right guy in the first place.
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Just awful
It seems everyone saw that coming except the Canadiens. For 72 hours, professional and amateur pundits alike sounded the alarm that a home game against an inferior opponent…
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Habs bring a club to a gunfight
It’s one thing to be committed to your coaching philosophy, but Jacques Martin took his unswerving commitment to defence to the extreme last night when he applied…
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Crosby channels Gretzky, Bea Arthur in comeback
If Sidney Crosby can pass 243 players in the NHL scoring race in his first game of the season, how long until he’s back in the top 20,…
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Cartoon ‘Canes no laughing matter
About the best that can be said for the Carolina Hurricanes is that with Skinner and McBain in the lineup, they’re just a Flanders or a Krabappel short…
