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It is almost unbearable to watch football professional football at any level this year but what I think sunk the CFL was that 7-5 BC/Ottawa game a few weeks ago. This year it would seem that scoring 20 points in the CFL is a monumental feat, as is going 3 consecutive without seeing a flag of any...

I guess the Habs went with option "No C" in regards to the vacated captaincy. Looks like a good long term decision, as it looks like management is looking for either Patches or PK to distinguish themselves in order to name the next captain.

Didn't PK have to go up against team's top lines at least some of the time? He didn't have it easy and he still rose up ;) I do think Parenteau will make a difference and is an upgrade on Gionta and should play on the top line with Patches and Desharnais. Eller should centre Galchenyk and...

I see what you are saying but my expectation of a Captain, particularly one who is a star player, is that they step up in crunch time. Granted, Pacioretty had 11 game winning goals in the regular season but disappeared in the playoffs (though personally I think he was battling an injury of some...

I'm kinda surprised a thread about this hasn't been posted already but who do you think the Habs next Captain should be? I thought about doing this as a poll but just say who you think should get the C and maybe mention those who should get the A as well. My Picks PK Subban should get...

Henri Richards 11 Championships as a player is virtually impossible nowadays for anyone to approach, let alone challenge. People here are mentioning Ted Williams as holding some kind of a record an while he was the last guy to hit .400, the all-time record holder is Hugh Duffy who in 1894 had...

Neither of these impress me, only winning does. Players and teams that lift trophies and hoist banners will always stand the test of time over individual accomplishments, no matter how impressive.

Mike Krzyzewski deserves to be noted here as well. All the Final Four appearances and National Championships wins as well as being able to keep most of his underclassmen at Duke even though a lot of them would be high NBA draft picks. Also, Basketball USA picks him, not Doc Rivers or Greg...

Been a while since I posted on this board, although I am fairly active on the western equivalent. Anyway, what are the view of the Habs thus far. Is this a team you think has a shot to make the playoffs and if so, can they make some noise when they get there? This year seems to be pretty wide...

Is there an officiating conspiracy against the Habs? Last saturday in Toronto Camy gets a Leaf stick stuck in his helmet and the official watched and did nothing. Tonight with the "intentional" offside call on Gionta, which put the puck in the Canadiens zone which lead to the tying goal. WTF...

I'm from Vancouver. I've been to Montreal twice and adore the city but it is quite evident that Montreal is a city in decay, as most old North American cities. Vancouver has had a face lift because of he Olympics but it is a city rife with corruption, gang violence and social problems. I've...

Lucky??? A little but so has most teams this year, INCLUDING the Leafs. The Habs have been up and down this year but are a far superior team to the Leafs. They have a legitimate top and checking line. They have two good young goaltenders and the Leafs don't have one. The Habs had a couple of...

The one upside of having a revamped roster is that nobody really has any chemistry with anybody yet which has allowed Martin to juggle the lines a few times throughout the game. From what I've seen this year, the top 3 lines seeem pretty comfortable playing with any combination of each other...

Management doesn't select the captain's, the players do. Plus, Lapierre will see lots of ice time as a 3rd line player as he will be out checking the other teams best line every night. If the Habs do it right, Lapierre could have the potential top round out into a Gainey or Carbonneau type player

Max Lapierre, to me, is the best choice 1) He shows up every night 2) He has been with the organization a few years now 3) He will have a breakout season (just watch) 4) He's french. Normally, that means fuck all to me but this team needs a who knows exactly what it means to be a Canadien.

After analyzing the recent signings and trades, there are some upsides but overall, I'm confused at why Gainey signed who he did. If it were me, I would have signed Gaborik, Cammalleri, Beauchemin and re-sign Koivu. Gill isn't the worst signing but they signed him for too much. Montreal got a...

I'm gonna get some heat for this but why does the coach have to be bilingual right off the bat? Isn't Montreal an international city? I visited Montreal last fall and everyone I talked to spoke, at the very least, serviceable english and had no problems understanding me. If you were to only...

Ya, he lead them to a Stanley Cup :p

Yes, he should. Whoever becomes the new coach for the Habs has to keep that team on a very, VERY short leash. They really dropped the ball not hiring Tortorella, who would have thrived asa coach in this market. Torts competes and asks his players to do the same. I think guys like Callahan and...

I' m not JUST talking playoffs, I'm talking the whole season. Halak played at or above his potential most of the year, Price was sub par most of the season. Goaltending isn't about what have you done for me, its what have you done for me lately. If it were, J.S. Gigurere would be playing net for...