The Diachronic Barber Pole Observations of a Recovering Hockey Exile

Washington Capitals vs. New York Rangers

May 12, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Can blood speak?

Washington Capitals vs New York Rangers

May 9, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

I couldn’t tell you who the perfect Ranger is. I don’t think a Ranger fan could.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Washington Capitals

March 31, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Hockey’s weathermen.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Ottawa Senators

March 23, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Guess who gets first star.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Buffalo Sabres

March 21, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

The Canadiens’ 82-game exhibition season has been a flat balloon and thousands of disappointed kids.

Montreal Canadiens vs. New York Islanders

March 17, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Now I know why they call them TV dinners.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Ottawa Senators

March 16, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Qui d'autre, asks Houde.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Ottawa Senators

March 14, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

At his best, Markov is unobtrusive, quick and an invisible torque-touch passer.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Buffalo Sabres

March 12, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Aebischer is another ex-Avalanche tender that didn't work out for us. Budaj has not been as bad as Aebischer. But that's setting the bar low. That's trapping the monkey high. That's biting the tomato too many times.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Vancouver Canucks

March 11, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Andrei Markov is back.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Edmonton Oilers

March 9, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Hockey leads are fragile as frosted web work.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Calgary Flames

March 7, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

The CBC can't fire me, either.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

March 3, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

How did these freeple get tickets?

Montreal Canadiens vs. Minnesota Wild

March 1, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

And the hay bell Cs that centre our vision. The Big Red Cs.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Tampa Bay Lightning

February 28, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Price slides away on pads, helpless. The pass to Hall was crease-lip perfection. The jam and rot-shot riddled my pocked heart. Ropes aren't nylon on this wharf. They're itchy and blue. A kind of twisted, wet wool.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Florida Panthers

February 26, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

So many things to take offence over in today's NHL, eh?

Montreal Canadiens vs. Washington Capitals

February 24, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

The Centennial swirl is gone, the clowns have swept the streets and the lingering cotton candy aroma is the only reminder.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Dallas Stars

February 21, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Mike Ribeiro and rumours. This time the former Hab is subject of trade discussion. The trade deadline is looming and Ribeiro, the smooth hands and smirk, has counted seven points in his past seven. The visiting Dallas Star remains icy mellow magic; a centre with vision, moves and finish. He’s a play-maker first, a rock star second and a skater third. He’s not known for speed but for veer.

Montreal Canadiens vs. New Jersey Devils

February 19, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Homage a Gary Carter.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins

February 16, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Musings and In-Game Scribbles My English is as good as yours, I just write these in a stream-of-consciousness mode that I insist excuses me from small things like rules of grammar or general etiquette. Let’s call it conversational English, hopped up on beans. You know what kind of beans (no, Carl Mellesmoen, not the magic [...]

Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

February 12, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Ok, let's drop the puck.

Montreal Canadiens vs. New York Islanders

February 9, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Teasing teammates?

Montreal Canadiens vs. Washington Capitals

February 4, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

I never said I'd sound smart.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

January 22, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

I have a guest.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Washington Capitals

January 19, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

The organ. The Caps’ seventies uniforms, six stars brandished across the upper chest and the organist’s chaaa-aarge notes leave me with a feeling of egg white and yolk separated.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Ottawa Senators

January 15, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

So what. So what. So what. It all matters. It doesn’t matter that it doesn’t matter.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins

January 12, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

It's like the moon-landing.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Pittsburgh Penguins

November 27, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Don’t underestimate the quickness of an ox.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Philadelphia Flyers

November 25, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles

The feathers are foul. Or are they machines? What is a Flyer, anyway.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Carolina Hurricanes

November 23, 2011, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Don’t fire Maurice.

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