I sat on the 200 level once. The best part was the free food (hotdogs, smoked meat, pizza, etc) & soft drinks. The negative was that i felt a bit far from the action. I usually would always sit in the 100 level and as much between the blue lines as possible. I’ve sat in the first row many times but now my preference is to sit about 10 rows up in order to get a better view of the game. I did sit in a private box once. It was nice for a first-time experience but i felt it was hard to concentrate on the game.
Last night’s win by the habs was quite a shocker & i was so happy for the team! It was a rare great night of hockey for me: my three favorite teams all won! Montreal, Toronto & Ottawa. I was certain the Habs & Leafs would lose their games & the way Ottawa had been playing at home wasn’t a guaranteed win for them either. But they all won!
Thanks for responding. I hear what you're saying. I've sat in the first few rows and it's tremendously exciting--but I also prefer higher up in the 100s. I'm not sure the free food at the 200-level is worth it but I am curious about the experience.
He’s lucky there’s such a thing as a powerplay & 3-on- 3 overtime since he sucks at 5-on-5 hockey & terrible playing both sides of the ice. I love his charisma & his great shot but let’s face it: he’s strictly a one-dimensional player who’ll only contribute when he’s on the PP or in overtime. He’s played like this his entire life & we’ll just have to accept him for the player he is. That’s why it’s always been very hard for me to see him as a 40-goal scorer. On a better team good coaches wouldn’t give him as much ice time because there are more good & better two-way players on the team & he’d be considered too much of a risk if you’d increase his icetime at even-strenght. To be honest unless he drastically improves that part of his game i’m not even sure he’d be picked to play on Team USA. He’s a very small player, is an average skater & is allergic to defensive hockey. However he has a tremendous wrist shot. He could be a better player if he worked on improving the weaker parts of his game. However you need to be willing to do this & go all-in about it. I doubt he would unless the coach starts to drastically cut his icetime & considering how difficult it is for this team to score goals i can’t see it happening anytime soon.
À ce jour Montréal n’en a pas de stars, quelques joueurs talentueux oui, mais de véritables stars? Non. On a pas encore un vrai centre numéro 1, ni de général à la ligne bleue, ni d’ailier de puissance. Faut faire avec, ce club va parfois nous donner un bon show et d’autres fois, nous démontrer toutes leurs faiblesses. La prochaine super vedette à Montréal devra nécessairement provenir d’un échange ou du marché des joueurs autonomes, et je suis persuadé que les dirigeants ne bougeront pas dans ce sens avant 2 ans.
