Montreal Canadiens versus Florida Panthers
January 26, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles
We hear that Panther snarl over the PA system. If we didn’t have audio recording technology, somebody might have to provoke a panther after every goal. Another plus for technology. I guess they could provoke an ocelot or a very big housecat. All you’d need then is a megaphone. Hmm.
Montreal Canadiens versus New York Rangers
January 23, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Bettman and the Governors should have to ref games. You know. Just like how state governors should be on the front lines in Iraq. Get going. Oh. And get back to work you others over there. You slum-rogues.
Montreal Canadiens versus New Jersey Devils
January 22, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Then we see the rapidly declining Subway franchise try and convince us they are still cool and relevant. No. Maybe the odd location but as an entity, you have entered the Roman phase of your fast-food history.
Montreal Canadiens versus St. Louis Blues
January 21, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Referee Bill McCreary has such an earnest, honest woodsman’s face. Healthy grizzly mustache to go with it. Or do you prefer moustache?
Montreal Canadiens versus New York Rangers
January 17, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Should spotlights be sweeping the ice surface for the start of a second-period game in January? What about understatement?
Montreal Canadiens versus New Jersey Devils
January 9, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Crowd rises like yeast. The smell is bitter. The ice is cold. The action is froth. Whistle. Commercial. Not a beer one.
Montreal Canadiens versus Florida Panthers
January 7, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles
This guy in the Maple Leaf bacon commercial is a great actor. I can’t help but be creeped out by his “Mom, make me and my girlfriend some breakfast” shtick. This one isn’t dubbed and the French version features different actors and is more powerful than the English one. Because of this guy. Guys with curly hair have perceptual disadvantages (and advantages) that the rest of us don’t have.
Montreal Canadiens versus Buffalo Sabres
January 3, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Buffalo’s giveaways are so out of character that I wonder about all kinds of things. Buffalo is ranked second in the Eastern Conference and fourth in the league. For total points. Their giveaway-takeaway ratio is 435-229. That leaves them at -206, the third-worst rating in the NHL. Montreal is at -259 and Edmonton is worst at -282.
Montreal Canadiens versus Florida Panthers
December 31, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
The action is beer-league slow now. Except Gionta. Oil streak slick on a southern chalk surface.
Montreal Canadiens vs Tampa Bay Lightning
December 30, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
It’s insidious when it becomes worse to cry wolf than to, in fact, be the wolf.
Montreal Canadiens vs Ottawa Senators
December 28, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Halcyon. And the hitting increases. Crowd is blister and banana. Apes in heat. Whistle reduces the rabble.
Montreal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes
December 23, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
I think I’m about 20-22 commercials away from cheering against Team Canada. As usual. Will they lay off already? And then the homer announcing is going to start. Can they at least try to be balanced? Just try?
Montreal Canadiens vs Atlanta Thrashers
December 21, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
The apologists for fighting are legion in hockey. Nothing of the sort in MLB, NBA and NFL ranks. Somehow the culture of lugs hasn’t survived as well in those leagues. Plenty of morons in those ranks as well but the reffing and the culture of violence is far worse in hockey. Yeah, I’m throwing the reffing in there. Wanna go?
Montreal Canadiens vs Minnesota Wild
December 17, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Highlights. Sean Avery still has an NHL job. Well, nobody should complain about anyone else, then. Free passes for all. It’s interesting that Ovechkin’s celebrations get more anger than Avery’s antics. Measure it yourself. Google and count the hits. Or bring up the players in living rooms or pubs. See for yourself.
Montreal Canadiens vs New Jersey Devils
December 16, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Gill looks like a bubble gum boy (a tall one) as he stands and smiles, disappointed with the penalty call against him. He keeps looking up at the scoreboard screen for the replay. He needs to decide how he really feels. Montreal will go to the penalty-kill without one of their first-pairing defenders. Gill has been getting a lot of PK responsibility.
Montreal Canadiens versus Ottawa Senators
December 8, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Bergeron goes down the right side to start the team. He moves in on pad and crease. Whack. Goes out. Andrei. Raises his hands like Superman. Smiles like a vacationer.
Who Should Stay, Who Should Go
May 4, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
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Leaving The Season (CFL Summer Haze Approaches)
May 3, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
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Toronto Musings, In-Game Scribbles
March 21, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Bell Central crowd is booing. And not the isolated muppet-heckle type. Medium to full bowl booing.
Ottawa Musings, In-Game Scribbles
March 20, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Mike Fisher is on the ice. He hasn’t been the same player for quite some time. It’s a bonus for Montreal each time we play them. Something like Darcy Tucker’s emotional absence from the Leafs two seasons ago.
Buffalo Musings, In-Game Scribbles
March 4, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
I've had enough of Benoit Brunet. From Pierre Houde's expressions, it would seem he has been feeling the same for weeks or maybe even months. Brunet is not a quarter the outstanding colour-man that Pednault was. Brunet may improve, of course. We shall see.
San Jose Musings, In-Game Scribbles
February 28, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
San Jose can't establish control anymore. And after a lot of mid-ice dithering and some San Jose dump-ins, the period ends, mercifully for Team Teal.
Philadelphia Musings, In-Game Scribbles
February 27, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Hartnell is like a guy who fixes a tv by kicking it. Just on force, he manages to water-buffalo his way through two Canadiens and gets a shot off. High and wide but his single-mindedness is notable.
Vancouver Musings, In-Game Scribbles
February 24, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Something in the last 12 minutes of Montreal's earlier loss to Vancouver last week told me that Vancouver will diminish as this game continues today.
Colorado Musings – Should Darcy Tucker be a Member of Society?
February 13, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Tucker's track record speaks for itself. Entering the 2008-09 season, he collected 1341 penalty minutes to 202 goals. And, I'm sure we can agree, most of those goals were simply long-time Tucker linemate Mats Sundin's gravy.
Ten Reasons Montreal Will Reach the 2008-09 Stanley Cup Final
February 11, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Yes, Montreal is in the midst of the worst stretch of the season. And this will be the turning point for one of the more dramatic team turnarounds in recent NHL history. Herewith, the ten biggest reasons why we can expect it: 10. Mathieu Dandenault - The most under-appreciated of a significant handful of under-appreciated [...]
L.A. Musings, In-Game Scribbles
January 31, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
That look from the coal-lined innards of an oven. Plekanec has scored at last. It's validation. The type of outcome that causes more not less with a player like Plekanec.
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