loterry pick draw will have it's highest ratings ever on april 10. all habs AND LEAFS fans will be watching. same with the draft.

fans are excited about the future, but you're right. they need to make some moves soon and some good moves indeed.
- Apples

fixed

Il a failli passer incognito avec sa casquette...le fait de dire monsieur à tous les 3 secondes au téléphone l'a trahi.
- stinger67

Damphousse
- QuebecPride

Pierre

Pierre
- AdamFrench

Jean
Jacques

no but it means the demand for Habs tickets is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY down, you couldn't get tickets a year ago without overpaying big time.
- Symba.007

Why would anyone want to go and watch 5 meaningless boring games?

It's not like they have great sushi like the ACC

- rockychocbill

Un fan de Halak

No he said he will speak french, he didn't say he would be a francophone.
- QuebecPride

I know what he said, I said what he meant was.....

Un fan de Halak
- Fredobbface

Price sent la marde de cheval probablement...

Un fan de Halak
- Fredobbface

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2012/03/29/new_montreal_canadiens_general_manager/

so, Jacques Martin and John Ferguson Jr., according to Sportsnet, are candidates to replace Gauthier.
- DoubleDown

All leaf fans

the worst part is most of the french journalists speak english. in fact, most of them also tweet in english. i don't understand what the problem is. the fans? (frank) you can't read subtitles or a translation 2 minutes after he's done talking?
- Apples

C'est dans la culture man...

Pour certains,et je m'exclus du lot, avoir un GM unilingue anglophone est un signe que la langue francophone bat de l'aile.

Le GM fait pas souvent affaire avec les journalistes anyway...

Le coach par contre, c'est lui qui fait le lien entre les partisans et les joueurs, qui eux ne parlent plus français.

Comme Serge Savard l'a dit, 80% des fans du CH sont francophones...

Jean
Jacques
- Symba.007

Etienne

Does Dough Risebrough speak French?
- Symba.007

He didn't do that good in Minny...

C'est dans la culture man...

Pour certains,et je m'exclus du lot, avoir un GM unilingue anglophone est un signe que la langue francophone bat de l'aile.

Le GM fait pas souvent affaire avec les journalistes anyway...

Le coach par contre, c'est lui qui fait le lien entre les partisans et les joueurs, qui eux ne parlent plus français.

Comme Serge Savard l'a dit, 80% des fans du CH sont francophones...
- QuebecPride

just throwing out numbers

C'est dans la culture man...

Pour certains,et je m'exclus du lot, avoir un GM unilingue anglophone est un signe que la langue francophone bat de l'aile.

Le GM fait pas souvent affaire avec les journalistes anyway...

Le coach par contre, c'est lui qui fait le lien entre les partisans et les joueurs, qui eux ne parlent plus français.

Comme Serge Savard l'a dit, 80% des fans du CH sont francophones...
- QuebecPride

Got that Engel's thread

A lot will have to do with what they do this summer.

Which is why I said they have to move, and move quickly.
- Pecafan Fan

I do not disagree.

Having an early shot at the available guys, before other teams can their GMs/AGMs/Coaches and start looking is a good thing.

The timing has more to do with the opportunity to get a head start, than anything related to or concern with season ticket holders.

He didn't do that good in Minny...
- QuebecPride

Did he trade for Latendresse?

RDS keeps talking about how many seat were empty the last 2 games....some corporate boxes had nobody in them. Montreal is NOT Toronto, going to see a losing hockey team is not trendy in Montreal...unlike Toronto
- Symba.007

Which is a really good thing.

I really liked Molson's interview.

No more excuses about the fact that there are 30 teams in the league and there is a lot of competition to make the playoffs. The goal is to win, every god damn year.

That's how teams like the Philly, Detroit and the Bees work, and that's why they are successful.

If I was Molson, I wouldn't be worried about the sell of seats at the Bell Center. Has anyone been to La Cage, St-Hub, or Boston Pizza of late? Those places are deserted. Surely it has to have effect on the sell of Molson products. I went there a few weeks back on a Thursday night. There had to be 30 people there for the game.
The funny thing is, due to the Canadiens being so bad, the manager said they laid off 6 waitress due to the place being empty on most nights.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2012/03/29/new_montreal_canadiens_general_manager/

so, Jacques Martin and John Ferguson Jr., according to Sportsnet, are candidates to replace Gauthier.
- DoubleDown

Martin is on the payroll, but he will not be GM. And JFJ, if made a laughing stock by the Toronto media as MSLE Board really ran the team and threw him under the bus, is not as bad as most believe - but would never survive in the pressure of MTL after TOR.

This type of "analysis" is exactly why I never watch Sportsnet - what a poopty operation they have. Even worse than the Score.

F-E Corbin ‏ @fecorbinRDS



8 mars, journée de la femme. 29 mars, journée du MONSIEUR. #Gauthier

Which is a really good thing.

I really liked Molson's interview.

No more excuses about the fact that there are 30 teams in the league and there is a lot of competition to make the playoffs. The goal is to win, every god damn year.

That's how teams like the Philly, Detroit and the Bees work, and that's why they are successful.
- QuebecPride

What owner has ever said their goal is not to win?

As much as some make it a big deal that he needs to speak french and that "it shortens the list", I don't think it's that much of a problem either.

As if it was impossible to have a french speaking GM and coach that can build a hockey team... come on...
- Pecafan Fan

The list is quite big if you look at it too...

Especially for the coaches...

What owner has ever said their goal is not to win?
- Oilhab

Don't you remember the constant complaining of PG about the competitiveness of the league and how hard it was to even make the playoffs?

Seems like it's history now and that it won't be the case anymore.

And that's the right attitude.