I'm not sure about that because apparently Chia pet in Edm said he couldn't afford to take on Subbans contract with the thought of having to sign Mcdavid and Draisitl to big deals sooner than later.
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I'm not sure about that because apparently Chia pet in Edm said he couldn't afford to take on Subbans contract with the thought of having to sign Mcdavid and Draisitl to big deals sooner than later.
Sal_Butera
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But but but "Geoff wants to win"....
BKerr
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Of course he wants to win.
Every owner wants to win.
Even if you think he's motivated by money and his ownership consortium, there is more money in winning than not winning especially in Montreal.
Its not about desire. Its about competence.
It was a different time politically.
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CH1
The Artist Formerly Known as chiggins.
nothing new there. Hockey in Canada has been marketed as small town culture for as long as anyone can remember. Look at the CBC broadcasts with Don Cherry, Kraft Hockeyville, etc.
Habs-25
Banned
P.K shit at MB, MT and organization again in an interview with espn, spot on, on whatever he said honestly :
« Il y a au-delà de 700 joueurs dans la LNH et s’ils étaient tous identiques, à mon avis, ce serait ennuyant. »
« Je n’ai toujours aucune idée pourquoi je ne suis plus un membre des Canadiens de Montréal et, franchement, je m’en fous! »
« Je vais continuer de me présenter à l’aréna et aimer ce que je fais et si tu crois que je ne devrais pas sourire et être moi-même, je suis désolé, mais qui es-tu pour me dire comment vivre ma vie? »
« Il y a au-delà de 700 joueurs dans la LNH et s’ils étaient tous identiques, à mon avis, ce serait ennuyant. »
« Je n’ai toujours aucune idée pourquoi je ne suis plus un membre des Canadiens de Montréal et, franchement, je m’en fous! »
« Je vais continuer de me présenter à l’aréna et aimer ce que je fais et si tu crois que je ne devrais pas sourire et être moi-même, je suis désolé, mais qui es-tu pour me dire comment vivre ma vie? »
GrandWazoo
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I'm wondering who, besides the French media, care about the French thing. Most fans don't give a shit.
Guibs?
Overall fans might not but if say a new Quebec team came around, if we had an English GM, English coach, I guarantee some would say a true Quebecois cheers for the Quebec team and that we were the team of the English jews
GrandWazoo
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If we're winning, nobody would care.
CH1
The Artist Formerly Known as chiggins.
Sure, but the media holds an outsized degree of power. The Habs lost a nothing game at some point last year, and the cover shot was "no francos in the lineup"
This could be countered by an ownership team willing to make an articulate argument that in pro sports, fan experience is paramount even while language takes a back seat to winning...
But I don't see the current ownership group possessing much in the way of intelligence, courage or vision.
I admit it was a different time in 1979, separatism was on the rise, the Nordiques were the separatist team etc but I wouldn't venture so far as to say nobody would care. Maybe the new generation of X and millenials are not the same as none have been told to speak white at Eaton's but the old guard still hates the English and Reggie Tremblay has his I love the Nordiques because they are de chez nous article all ready for publishing the second the Hurricanes move to la Vielle Capital.
GrandWazoo
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Altair
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It's ever since we stopped burning stuff in the streets.
