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Dave Stubbs has been a sportswriter since 1976, which was roughly a decade after he wore the first of many holes through the knees of his jeans playing nets in road hockey (using a modified butterfly popularized by Hall of Famer Glenn Hall). He still has the welts to show on his shins from that rotten, frozen orange ball.
Stubbs kept thick hockey scrapbooks filled with game summaries and Gazette and Montreal Star stories, collected dozens of Bee Hive Corn Syrup photos and put a fortune of hockey cards through the spokes of his bikes. First book ever owned: Scrubs On Skates, the classic by Scott Young (Neil's dad).
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This might be a silly question but how come the Habs play Philly on the 13th when the Olympics have already started?
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"Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!"
The first men's hockey games starts February 16th.
Thanks Ayan!
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"Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!"
So Gauthier, Martin, Timmins, and other former Senators scouts. So what's better, barely making it to the playoffs every year, or becoming a top Eastern team and losing to the Leafs every year?
I think it's pretty clear the Ottawa curse stayed in Ottawa after their last game versus the leafs. Franchise record setting win streak and shutout against a team that traded away every single goal scorer. That's pathetic.
Why wasn't Vince the Slap Chop Guy considered for the Habs' GM position?
I mean, c'mon, he yells about what he knows on TV and he obviously knows more than anyone else cause he's the one doing the yelling. Yeah, ok, so it's not like he actually has to spend any time worrying about the complexities of manufacturing, marketing, and distributing the product, and can therefore just focus on the yelling, it's just, you know, if he didn't know his stuff, he wouldn't be the one yelling.
And it's not like there are other guys who know a whole lot more than him, cause if there were, they'd be the ones doing all the yelling on TV.
He'd therefore be perfect for the Habs' GM position cause all that's required is that you know your stuff and be able to yell about it. On TV. Forget the clownish persona, absence of experience, long-ago abject failures in the field, and questionable credibility with the Habs' organization, including its players, and among the league's GMs; those are just not important considerations.
Stop having a boring tuna. Stop having a boring life.
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"Hey Richard, two minutes for looking so good!"
"Life's hard enough as it is, you don't wanna cry anymore"
Oh ya "your gonna love my nuts"
You're are gonna love my nuts. (Thanks Vince for that timeless classic!)
http://gushuecards.webs.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRRiyN3A0pg
Exactly, not when the guy can assess every situation instantly and can begin yelling about it without hesitation. He clearly knows what he's saying because he repeats himself over and over, if he didn't, why would he do that? And, who else has such great tag lines? You think he could come up with those if he didn't know what he was talking about?
Pierre McGuire?
See above.
We're talking about Vince the Slap Chop Guy.
Sadly, $0.02, despite our obvious admiration for all his yelled-out knowledge and slapstick, I don't think he will ever be seriously considered for a GM role anywhere in the league, let alone Montreal.
Heck, even those two numbskulls in Tampa, who are now taking a very moist bath as they unload the team, got burnt hiring a buffoonish TV personality, one who, at one time, actually enjoyed some modicum of success as a head coach in the NHL.
There simply is no justice.
I mean who else can yell as well?
Don't people realize he knows Scotty Bowman? Like if they were in a room together, Bowman might actually recognize him and possibly say hi?
I repeat: Pierre McGuire?
I guess these comments could apply to him too.
I wonder if Boivin would hire Ken Holland if he was ever available.
Does he speak French?
No...he just builds perennial Stanley Cup contenders. *Sigh*
Can Ken Holland sell Carey Price Jerseys??? That is the key skill required for the Montreal Canadiens GM position.
nuff said
What does that have to do with anything?
I'm a little surprised that new owners would let a GM, with a tepid record at best, sign, seal and deliver the next GM with no questions asked. Not even an outside interview with anybody was there?
Seems odd to me. I realize that with the bilingual requirement it makes the list quite short... but still.
Good luck to him. Let's hope that Gainey made his last choice his best one.
GO HABS...
They're making money. Why change?
Let's play 'hockey team owners'! Fun!
--------------------------------------------------- Listen to the SmartDog. He knows his poop!
This just in! Now that Boivin, Gauthier and Martin are running the Habs, the marketing department has selected music to be played before all future press conferences:
http://www.televisiontunes.com/3_Stooges.html
I wonder if they are going to replace Youppi with the Gladiator
Mark my words, the Leafs will be contenders way before this team.
Burke's doing his 'all-in' with his current scheme. The Canucks never became true contenders under his tenure and Anaheim came with a lot of what he needed to get the Anaheim Cup. Whether he pulls it off is up for debate but it's too early to say just because he made a couple of moves that he's getting his in Contender status. 1 Top 6 forward and a Top-2 defencemen do not a Cup Contender make.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
I understand that you do not like the team as it is composed and management...but "mark my words" prediction holds very little water....your prediction was made by many others on here for this current season and look where things are as they stand...both are basically in the same boat cap-wise but at least Montreal still has their draft picks.
Let Gauthier really mess things up before declaring the doom...right now the Habs are in the playoffs and let's just go with that for now.
"Even Roy can be run out of town after 2 Stanley Cups."
The possession of draft picks given their recent history of picks is no source of comfort to me.
LOL....touche...
"Even Roy can be run out of town after 2 Stanley Cups."
Judgement passed!
Elapsed time: twenty hours.
That's HIO for ya. Skewer the new management before they even have the time to move the nameplates.
Come on! This is about the most uninspiring management team in the League. Didn't even conduct a search for the GM position? That's pathetic!
Sorry, were you hoping to see the job posted on Craigslist? Pff.
They explained the process. They promoted from within the organization. Seems pretty clear to me.
You seem to like the direction the Leafs are headed in. So I take it you're from the big blustery Burke school of any trade is better than no trade team management.
Scuse me, but I am perfectly happy NOT going that route.
It's on Kijiji.
Come on! There was no "process" whatsoever. Actually, I do like the direction that Burke is attempting to take the Leafs in. He wants to assemble a team that is hard to play against. Every team in the League wants to play the Canadiens. They're a cupcake squad. They strike fear in no one and retreat faster than the French Army in WWII at the slightest show of force. You have a bunch of undersized guys and perimeter players up front. With the exception of O'Byrne, who do you have on D that an opposing player might be afraid to come down on? The only thing that saves this team is the goaltending.
Valid points and a fairly realistic view of this team. But it wouldn't take too much to improve the weak areas (size up front, aggressiveness to the net and on D). Let's just see what the new kids in the front office do about those glaring deficiences over the coming weeks before dumping on them. If they do nothing then I'll join the wolves baying for blood at their door.
Kids in the front office? This guy's been hanging around for a while. You know in hindsight the tip-off that Gainey might leave should have been the appointment of Jacques Martin behind the bench. You assemble a group of forwards with speed as criteria for selection and you put them in the hands of JM? Huh? That was one of the least-inspired choices Gainey ever made. I don't know about you, but I just scrathed my head and groaned in response.
its not a fun job but someones gotta do it :P
LOL, there's a thousand dudes on this site wanting a crack at the job.
Or was it smoking crack? I keep forgetting.
Guys... I just realized Boivin and Gauthier's first name's are both Pierre, i think its a conspiracy stemming from a secret Pierre cult in underground montreal. what do you think?
oh Gawd no....that means their bringing in McGuire!!!!
Habs are now officially stoned twice over.
Boooo-urns!
Haha, just got it.
i too just got it not gonna lie!
MAB OUT SIX TO EIGHT!!!!???
This season is just a joke
Canadian Olympic Team finally took a hit, Ryan Getzlaf may be out with a sprained ankle according to reports and he doesn't exactly have enough time for it to heal, which is a shame since Getzla/Perry would likely be a very good pairing to use at the Olympics.
Who should get the nod to replace him folks?
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
Getzlaf has nine days to the game with Switzerland and 11 days to the tilt with the USA. Could be a very tough call for Yzerman. Richards, Toews or Bergeron are a step down from Getzlaf's game.
Stamkos !! Or Doaner.. Brad Richards is rippin` er up.
I believe Doan was hurt last night
That's a tough blow for Canada. His replacment has to be a centre so I guess it will be Jeff Carter. He was rumoured to be the last cut although that list may have changed since Dec 31. I love Stamkos but I don't know if they will go with a 2nd year player.
Vincent Lecavalier is having a better season than Carter, has won more than Carter (ever will), and is a more skilled player than Carter.
Same for Brad Richards.
half our team is centremen :P i still say st-louis, good on PK, fast, good playmaker and good character guy
Stamkos
The torch be yours to hold it high!
Gotta go with St louis, canada is lacking a little in the speed department. IN salt lake we had peca, fleury, kariya, aka a set of speedy forwards to complement the bigger skilled Yzerman, Lemieux, Sakic, Iginla, or in current day Nash, Thornton, Heatley and so on
HUGE blow... He may not put up the most points, but Getzlaf is a physical force as well as a great playmaker. This will hurt Perry as well.
I don't think Stamkos is the answer. While he's having an awesome year, we didn't lose a sniper. My guess is either Brad Richards, Shane Doan, or Lecavalier.
Stemkos... the dude with 33 goals and 5th or 6th in the league in scoring.
What... no day off today? Come on. What happened to "they are tired", "they need a break", "they need to go bowling"... Poor little darlings.
They have yet to plumb the depths of "suck!"
apparently they need MRI's. MAB out 6-8 weeks per rds. wasn't a huge fan, but still, this is getting ridiculous
FFS, it never ends!
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
this is the most devastating news of the season
Tie the can to Martin.
Move out the tiny tot players.
Move out Gill, Mara, Spacek
Kepp both Price & Halak
I am hearing that a CAREY PRICE TRADE IS IMMNIENT.(If i am wrong about Price,another player being traded is brewing..player name unknown) .The trade is Carey Price and another player plus draft pick for a player (s) from Tampa Bay.However there is discussion with a 3rd team.This may be a 3 way deal.If it is occuring it will go down today or tomorrow.
My guess would be Not for Lecalvalier but Martin St Louis.
Lecalvalier has only 15 goals this year.(Stamkos-the future 30+ goals)The type of shoulder surgery he had is hard to come back from even 80%.
I have hesitated to leak this type of stuff before as i have heard other stuff from my "Deep Throat" source,that usually turns out true;however this appears real.
stay tuned.
That's just another patient at the institution you're in talking gibberish to you.
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Who's your source? Eklund?
As much as I love St Louis, and he would be a great fit in Montreal, that would be a terrible trade for Montreal. First of all there is Marty's salary (4 million this season and next, cap hit of 5.25), it just won't work in here, unless some other bigger contract goes the way of Tbay. Secondly, he's not a young guy anymore (he's 34). Montreal needs to get a younger player that can contribute consistently for more then the rest of this season and next, especially if a 22 year old player is going the other way. Thirdly, Tbay has 2 capable goalies and a 3rd waiting in the wings (Tokarski). And finally, Montreal needs to finally start addressing their size issue. It's one thing to add players who play like they are 6'2, but it's a whole other thing to add players who are actually that size, and actually have half decent hands (sorry Moen, Metro just don't cut it).
St Louis would be a great leader in the dressing room, and certainly add another Cup ring, which is never a bad thing. Montreal would be far better making a deal for James Neal or Brad Richards (if not for his albatross of a salary) of Dallas, or to a lesser extent Ryan Clowe of SJ (in some sort of package, something else would have to come our way.)
Astonishing. I hear the job of pro scout might open up.
Ah ha! I knew it was you, Eklund!
" I have hesitated to leak this type of stuff before as i have heard other stuff from my "Deep Throat" source,that usually turns out true;however this appears real. "
No offense, but coming from you and judging on the drivel that spews out of you more often than not here, I doubt many here would believe it even if you said the sky was blue on a clear day.
So go ahead, post whatever BS rumors from your Eklund-style 'sources' that yu are hearing.
He's crazy, that's it, that's all.
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Your source is 5'6"and is all blue,my source tells me..............
You have no source.
Nuff said.
Right. You have a "source" that no one else has ever heard of? Get real
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Kinda hard to take someone serious when they say they usually don't post, but they've only been a member for 1/2 hour!!!!
HEY BRYAN!
I do not usually post rumors.In fact i have never posted a rumor.I knew that when i posted this ,as i said to my friend,some brain dead nerd would say within minutes" You have a "source" that no one else has ever heard of? Get real".
You my friend are the brain dead nerd.
Lets wait and see 48 hours.
I'm an accountant, not a nerd. Jerk.
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The Habs are making me Bi-Polar.
SO you post unsubstantiated rumours, citing Mr. DontUseMyName, and then have the nerve to get belligerent when someone calls you on it?
What did you think would happen, kiddo?
Both the outcoming and incoming GMs clearly stated that trades (not trade, singular, but trades, plural) were in the works. COming on here the very next day and saying THIS IS VERY HUSH HUSH BUT MY SOURCES TELL ME A TRADE IS IN THE WORKS is a bit ridiculous, no?
Come on.
isnt the term brain dead nerd slightly oxymoronic?
Makes sense. It came from someone who is fully moronic...
"A month before the season I stop putting ketchup on my french fries." -Mario Lemieux on his off-season training.
Pretty sure we've all heard about Eklund.
"A month before the season I stop putting ketchup on my french fries." -Mario Lemieux on his off-season training.
Did the Molson brothers forget to get rid of Boivin amidst all the Bob Gainey stuff yesterday?
Hopefully they will do that today, it should be on top of their "Things to do today list".
Shaker
And just why would they replace Boivin?
It seems to me I've read multiple times over the last couple years that Mr.Boivin takes care of (or should I say 'oversees'?) the 'business' side of the Habs, leaving the GM's tasks to the GM, and coaching tasks to the coach. And I am not sure if you've looked lately, but it seems to me that on the 'business' side of things, the Habs are doing quite well, thank you very much. Regardless of how much of it is his idea, his job is to oversee it all, as I see it. Now, if the team were losing money hand-over-fist, you might have an argument to make.
Although I am sure that if you have a better business plan to show them, they'll be happy to take a gander at it as long as you remember to add it in with your CV when you apply for the post.
The business side of the habs is easy......just multiply 21273 fans by 41 home games by the various ticket prices and you get your number. The merchandise sells itself.....the fans are loyal and would sell out the bell centre even if they were all unemployed and homeless. The passion of the fans and there zeal for the habs makes boivins job pretty simple. The best fans, with the best team in the NHL with the most history gives Boivin a huge head start vs the presidents and other office staff over the other 29 franchises in the league. And to the point in which you missed, Boivin's need to have a bilingual speaking person as a coach and GM, shows his narrow minded bias and ultimately his lack of leadership, when he can't/won't pick the best person for various positions of the team.....he chooses the best bilingual person for the job, which closes the door on many capable/qualified hockey personnel that only speak english. His pride gets the best of him.......and it's a shame for all of us I feel.
Shaker
I agree completely, whenever I see someone suggest Boivin should get canned, their credibility as a poster takes a nosedive in my book. Boivin is a major asset to the organization.
Major asset how? How do you justify this statement, or at best give your opinion on why he's such an *** I mean asset......Rants like the one you posted, just show the unwilling attitude of people who don't care to take a look at the whole picture.
Shaker
Yeh Boivin is great for selling Carey Price jerseys,stupid "barber pole" jerseys,making the game an afterthought as some bimbo blonde babbles on between whistles and having those stupid molson x t shirts shot into the stands-worth at least 2 dollars each.
In terms of building a team,hires,etc Boivin is an absolute failure.Yeah Pierre tell us again how every employee of the Canadiens must speak french.
Dale Tallon made the best draft picks over the last 3 years.Chicago is challenging for the Stanley cup.The Canadiens-they are de facto the new Leafs.As long as language is the key hiring point we will keep getting "stars" like Michael Therrien,Mario Trembley(never was a head coach again was he?),and of course the legenday Rejean Houle.
nuff said
What NONSENSE.
Between 2004 and 2007, the Hawks picked third, seventh, third, and first overall. A lobotomized marmoset could pick decent players drafting that early, that often. Of course, the Hawks were drafting in that position that often because they were bending over a barrel and squealing like a pig for a decade of regular seasons.
Call me crazy, but I'd prefer the Habs not go that route.
Choosing a consensus a #1 pick and a #3 pick doesn't make great drafting, Duncan Keith and Keith Seabrook were pre-Tallon selections as were several other key members of the team as it were. Tallon was also a terrible GM for negotiating free-agent contracts, that organization is weighed down with the anchors that are the Campbell and Huet contracts, close to 13 million dollars thrown away on 2 players who don't come close to earning that kind of money, he nearly blew the organization's signing of key RFAs, who would've suddenly become UFAs and crippled the organization further either re-signing these players or seeing them picked off for nothing.
Your ignorance about Tallon shows how well-informed you actually are.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
oh gee do i qualify for this credibility loss :P I dont think it takes a PhD personally to market the habs these days, and i think maybe you give him too much credit, while i give him not enough credit, since no one knows really knows what Boivin does