Road Trip

barry33 · Guru

Road Trip

Zulrath · Senior Member

Hey barry. Welcome back.

I've been thinking about the whole "trying to move Ribs" thing. And why do I get the feeling that if this happens all we're going to see is the race card come into play yet again?

I think what the media in Montreal has to realise that the golden days where french players were almost destined to star for the Canadiens are over.

Do you think that if we had both a Team Quebec and a Team Canada in our international competitions we'd have the same problems with the habs?

brooklynhabfan · Guru

barry33 wrote:

And for those saying to bench Ribs again, keep in mind that Gainey is trying to move him. Tough to move a guy eating hotdogs and wearing loafers during games.

Hey, Barry, great to see you got to spend time with the kid, even if it was for "enforcer" reasons (note to bob: look out for this guy!)

Good points all around, but in Quebec, can you legally call them "hot dogs" or do you have to say "cylindre de chauffage des chutes non désirées de viande"?

brooklynhabfan · Guru

Zulrath wrote:

Do you think that if we had both a Team Quebec and a Team Canada in our international competitions we'd have the same problems with the habs?

I'd hate to see Team Quebec. Until Quebec is a seperate country, it's still one chamber of the heart of Canada, and without it, there is no Canada, and without Canada, Quebec wouldn't be the same.

Zulrath · Senior Member

I completely agree with you brooklyn, but what I was wondering is if this WERE too happen and we were to see a team assembled of the best Quebec born players; do you think all this media attention on the habs to have the next "french superstar" would be as prominent?

-- Edited by Zulrath at 17:47, 2006-01-08

brooklynhabfan · Guru

Zulrath wrote:

I completely agree with you brooklyn, but what I was wondering is if this WERE too happen and we were to see a team assembled of the best Quebec born players; do you think all this media attention on the habs to have the next "french superstar" would be as prominent?-- Edited by Zulrath at 17:47, 2006-01-08

I mentioned in an ancient post the Los Angeles "pro" soccer team Chivas USA, which is entirely made up of hispanic players and marketed toward the hispanic community. A similar setup with the habs might be interesting, but as far as the media goes, they'd start up with "he's not from Montreal, or he's an Ontario francophone"

They have a spoiled-child need to be the arbiter, even if it ruins the team and makes Montreal as attractive as Afghanistan to come and play in. Maybe it's because they realise, unlike other N. America media outlets, that no one outside their home province cares about, or reads anything they have to say.

Sort of a journalistic Napoleon complex

Nil d · Guru

brooklynhabfan wrote:

barry33 wrote: And for those saying to bench Ribs again, keep in mind that Gainey is trying to move him. Tough to move a guy eating hotdogs and wearing loafers during games. Hey, Barry, great to see you got to spend time with the kid, even if it was for "enforcer" reasons (note to bob: look out for this guy!) Good points all around, but in Quebec, can you legally call them "hot dogs" or do you have to say "cylindre de chauffage des chutes non désirées de viande"?

In my neck of the woods we simpy call them "chiens chauds".

davidb · Guru

Did u say in the warm ups ??? boy we could use him

brooklynhabfan · Guru

Nil d wrote:

In my neck of the woods we simpy call them "chiens chauds".

That picture disturbs me greatly....

Nil d · Guru

brooklynhabfan wrote:

A similar setup with the habs might be interesting, but as far as the media goes, they'd start up with "he's not from Montreal, or he's an Ontario francophone" They have a spoiled-child need to be the arbiter, even if it ruins the team and makes Montreal as attractive as Afghanistan to come and play in.

This may be true of the star players - one bad period and the fans and media are all over their a$$es. However, the lesser players should love playing in Montreal; they're treated like Gods, which would not be the case elsewhere.

brooklynhabfan · Guru

Nil d wrote:

This may be true of the star players -

I remember when we had teams that were almost all stars *sigh* The media seems to have the same problem

barry33 · Guru

davidb wrote:

Did u say in the warm ups ??? boy we could use him

Ya well the coach was not impressed because he was already short a dman so had to play the game with 4. But this guy from the other team was taunting the little guys on my son's team. Next thing I knew they were taking the helmets off and going at it at center. Th epoor kid on the other team did not know my son is a lefty and the rest, as they say, is history.