The Diachronic Barber Pole Observations of a Recovering Hockey Exile

Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

January 22, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

I have a guest.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

October 22, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Toronto fearsome. Off the post. And Gill falls. Price scrambles back. Everyone in sync, all men for one crest. And we waited six games for this.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

October 6, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles

The Leafs have a long and storied history. And even though most of it is darkly lit by power-struggles and other (un)royal hockey rubble, they have had some good men in the sweaters. I was reminded last week that the correct term is hockey sweater. Not hockey jersey.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

April 11, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Again the front seats are largely empty to begin the period. Concessions? Or weak fans? Or just wine and cheesers gone home after a long night of wasting some eight-year old’s deserved chance.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

February 24, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles

I wait for the Leafs to demonstrate their inferiority.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

December 11, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

That red helmet has to go. Joel looks like a Micronaut.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

November 20, 2010, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Alain enjoys discussing fraudulence. Exposing it. He leads the questions along the Colin Campbell lines.

Montreal Mystique Interviews Sylvain Archambault

November 18, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Montreal Mystique interviews Sylvain Archambault, director of Pour Toujours...Les Canadiens.

Who Should Stay, Who Should Go

May 4, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles

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Islander Musings, In-Game Scribbles

April 2, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles

Islanders take another penalty. Blake Comeau. He hit Kostitsyn from behind. Could have been a payback hit but it looked chicken cheap. Strutting tough in the barnyard.

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.

Russians, Penguins, Czechs, Frenchmen …. It’s a Goal War

February 19, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles

On the second of two games in two nights, the Canadiens let their tongues hang, tails point and went for the flanks-shuddering sprint.

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.