The Diachronic Barber Pole Observations of a Recovering Hockey Exile

Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple Leafs

April 7, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

This is also my last game (though it won't be).

Montreal Canadiens vs. Carolina Hurricanes

April 5, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

More silence. What kind of rink is this.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Tampa Bay Lightning

April 4, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

We're fire across the flowers and blue blood gone wild in ice gardens of desire. It's a game and means nothing. It's nothing and means everything. All and none. Finity and infinity.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Washington Capitals

March 31, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Hockey’s weathermen.

Montreal Canadiens vs. New York Rangers

March 30, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Where was this in the first? (It's a Kilgour's night)

Montreal Canadiens vs. Florida Panthers

March 28, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Symmetry is a pyramid. Atop is a lion. Son nom est Maurice. Ou Guy. Ou Jean. (And a visit from Le Pilote)

Montreal Canadiens vs. Philadelphia Flyers

March 24, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Hate em, sure. But they've always been cool.

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. Buffalo Sabres

February 18, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Hal Gill was traded today.

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. Carolina Hurricanes

February 14, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Goalies can't take their eyes off the puck to sip soup.

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. Pittsburgh Penguins

February 8, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Hey. Choose your sponsors more wisely.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Winnipeg Jets

February 5, 2012, by Homme de Sept-Îles

Remember that goal by Saku?

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