I do not remember having seen for the brave players of the Canadiens such a well-acknowledged exercise in Montreal, the severe one. Let’s think about this real construction of what should become a magnificent hockey team in 3, 4 or 5 years. I think of this patience, this obligatory resignation of journalists, columnists, animators, supporters and even leaders of the Canadian.
I can’t wait to listen to the telephone forums or read the social networks after a series of poor performances due to lack of experience. It will take stoicism and great tolerance to experience this reconstruction with a host of kids on board.
Comedies of errors, clumsiness or quite simply blunders by beginners that will have to be tolerated, digested and above all forgiven in the name of learning and development.
IT’S POSSIBLE
If you get impatient, remember this. It’s doable. The construction operation by the young people was indeed successful, and almost in your backyard too.
It was at the lovely Nords. Jean D. Legault and Marcel Aubut had sold the idea to supporters and commentators. Be patient ! Remember the slogan “La Force des Jeunes”. He was laughed at, he was ridiculed, but he led to the Cup.
In the repechage came Sakic, Nolan, Sundin, and, via Lindros, a formidable Forsberg. Quebec, in reconstruction, ate black bread for a few years, and what is deeply cruel is that after going through the misery of humiliation, shame and kneeling, the team left. Sold, she went to win the Stanley Cup in Colorado.
So many sacrifices, so much abnegation, it was sad to cry out, to cry.
Quebec could, in this regard, teach Montreal a lesson and tell it that it is possible to build by youth. The coup was successful 260 kilometers from the Bell Center.
Ah yes, I forgot, the general manager, Pierre Lacroix, a guy from Montreal, had also received an unexpected gift… Patrick Roy, a guy from Quebec. T’sé when the planets align.
From the enclave
- Benoit Savard de Pointe-au-Pic confesses: “On the first hole, I made a bogey. In the second, a double. In the third, a triple. And then it started to go wrong…”
- We went to eight pre-season matches at the canadian, for the next campaign. This is two more than last year, which was clearly insufficient for the selection and establishment of units.
- No one was faster on a bike than the Californian Denise Mueller-Korenek. Hold on tight, 296 kilometers per hour. First towed by a dragster, she then let go of the rope and covered the last kilometer at this incredible speed. It was in 2016, in Utah.
- Sidney Crosby turns 35 today. The Kid is number 87. He signed an 8.7 million contract in 2007, and when they built the new arena in Pittsburgh they installed 18,387 seats in tribute to Crosby. And, had you forgotten? His father, Troy, a goalie, was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in 1984.
- The Canadian will play seven matches away from home over the holiday period. Far enough from the meat pie, let’s say.
- On Thursday, August 11, the important golf tournament for the Mira Foundation will take place at the Laval-sur-le-Lac club. Guy Carbonneau, Serge Savard, Michel Bergeron, Dary Laflamme (Boscus) in particular will be part of it. Me too, for that matter.
- Is this the first time that a guy from Montreal, Jim Montgomerywill lead the Bruins de Boston ? Non. Steve Kasperfrom Saint-Lambert, led his former club just before the arrival of Pat Burns in 1997.
- Experience a real eight-day adventure by bike: “Estrie through hills and valleys”. Very reasonable daily hikes and impeccable organization. Check it out on Vélo-Québec.
- Nicolas Huotpro at the Royal-Québec golf club, was very worried about the state of health of his friend Ben Boudreault, pro at the Deer of Longueuil. He was fitted with two stents and returned home.
- Met at the same club in Quebec, a certain Patrick Roy relaxed, smiling, admitting to having a great summer. He plays golf every day.
- Stephane Robidas chez the canadian. My God, how beautiful is a French name. Great !