Boston Series Game Four, In-Game Musings and Scribbles
April 22, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Theodore was ruined by this city. And Price is getting ruined. His confidence. How much pedestal and pillory can a person take?
Boston Series Game Three, Musings and In-Game Scribbles
April 20, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Hockey is the home and hallmark of the unskilled athlete. In no sport (except perhaps baseball) can the pugilist non-athlete survive for so long. Granted things have changed, are changing and certainly look very different from 1975. Hell, from 1995.
Boston Game Two, Musings and In-Game Scribbles
April 18, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Kostopoulos. Scuffle. He gets punched by Kessel. Kosto punched him first. Thomas glides backward butt first to protect and separate. It’s comical. It works. But Kosto finds Lucic instead. On the glass behind the net.
The Logo
April 13, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Bill Parcells once said (and I’m paraphrasing) “They’re not rooting for us, they’re rooting for the jersey.” Parcells who is a Jersey guy and who began his head-coaching career in the NFL in the early eighties with the New York Giants, knows about fan loyalty and its opposite. No crowd is tougher than a New [...]
Toronto Media Overlooks Code, Pardons Kubina
April 5, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
If the code is optional, maybe we should just accept that fighting as a way for the game to police itself has lost its integrity. Its followers can't even observe their own rules. Perhaps it's time for this ageing and addled institution to retire.
Toronto Musings, In-Game Scribbles
April 4, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
This team is nothing without Mats Sundin. Those Toronto fans and media who criticized him for not waiving his no-trade at last year's trade deadline were a factor in his deciding to leave. Goose and the golden egg.
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.
Canadiens Just Ice Centennial
April 1, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Is it unfair that a team can slack or underperform for most or half or let’s just say “a lot” of a season and still win a championship? Seems unfair, doesn’t it? It’s like a Gen X employee paying his dues, shining shoes, kissing up, taking inelegant orders then rising to the station of “lick [...]
Chicago Musings, In-Game Scribbles
March 31, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Old-school refs. Just making things even. Huet exaggerates the hit, too. Falls like a dehydrated, lunging elephant. Legit call, though.
Buffalo Musings, In-Game Scribbles
March 28, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Price then makes another very good stop. This time a low-ball special that requires a quick trap. In fact, Price’s on the knees positioning is looking especially improved. More crab and more horizontal. He is working on his game and it shows.
Tampa Bay Musings, In-Game Scribbles
March 26, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
This line is heart and pulse. Half-moon turn and standing backhand control shown by Tanguay at the tip top of the high slot. Then Koivu shows some of his own circular in the neutral zone. Ligne Internationale. Flags flap. More goals to follow.
Atlanta Musings, In-Game Scribbles
March 24, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Sergei is also back. And he's with his best linemate match this season. His older brother. Andrei is flying from the word go. There is nothing like playing with his younger brother for the reserved Belarusian.
If the Canadiens Make the Playoffs
March 22, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
It isn’t the 100th anniversary expected next rising chapter in a team’s rise to greatness. Montreal can still make it out of the East. Even by playing the inconsistent, simultaneously desperate and indifferent brand they play. All the way out of the East. To the Stanley Cup Final. It won’t be inevitable. No juggernaut “thoom!”. [...]
Marginal
February 18, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Do the math. It's the sport that least rewards good play.
Appreciate Your Artist, Alex Kovalev
February 17, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
This is not a hockey cyborg, a one-dimensional, nose-to-the-grindstone personality. He is a great player, a skilled hockey offensive threat who has worked hard to develop his great stick-handling, passing and shooting abilities. These are not the natural gifts of an easy biological inheritance. What nature did give him was great speed and strength (and this 35-year old kid works hard at that, too).
Forget Age, Injuries; Schneider Addition a Boon for Ailing Habs
February 16, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Critics point to Schneider's age and durability. Those same critics were proved wrong with Brisebois' recent 07-08 return to the club.
What the Scoreboard Said
January 2, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
Tonight the scoreboard isn't enough. (It's never enough). Tonight the scoreboard doesn't show ...
... a team with pride peaking. A coach with his palm preach shading. A group of young lions nipped older. A phalanx of older lions found faster. An ageing, elegant warrior harnessing fierce fires of a white star 'c'.
NHL on TSN Favours Weak Hockey
December 10, 2008, by Homme De Sept-Iles
I thought true hockey fans wanted to see quality hockey. If a fan of a bad team wants to see more games featuring their team, hey, that's what the NHL Centre Ice Package is for.
Montreal 1977 Not the Best Ever
November 28, 2008, by Homme De Sept-Iles
However, if one is going to make the rash claims of "greatest ever" one must be prepared to talk about "ever"(
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Patrick Roy is Not the Greatest of All Time (and neither is your buddy Martin Brodeur)
October 10, 2008, by Homme De Sept-Iles
And Patrick Roy was not the greatest ever. He was just the latest-greatest And even that is debatable ( Chart).
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