Are we maturing, are we becoming more athletic? Become more than just a supporter of the Montreal Canadiens? See further, farther or deeper than at the Bell Center ice rink?
Let’s admit that our reputation as a ‘sports city’ has suffered because we lost Expos 2004 in terrifying darkness.
But there are changes. The reaction from fans or supporters of Canadians in the first year of Reconstruction is encouraging.
In the stands or in everyday conversation, we find that we accept very well the difficult passage in this phase without a win or those evenings crowded out by the big formations.
More than that, we have a feeling that people love their new club and its young people.
They appreciate the effort of seeing them defend or advance. Montreal is patient with its young people.
LIKE IN OLD TIMES
At the same time, the Laval Rocket casually carves a place.
Establishing an American League team in the Montreal bastion was a risk and also posed a threat to the Blainville-Boisbriand team at the juniors.
The marriage seems to be working. Not too much damage.
Ask.
Can Montreal go back to what it was in the 1970s and 1980s with its impressive Canadian but also its Expos, its loves, its dominant Alouettes, a world champion Gilles Villeneuve, city of the Olympics, Jacqueline Gareau, Gaétan Butcher etc. ?
The opportunity is here. Saputo’s amazing effort to bring a football team to life on the big circuits is remarkable and deserves even more support.
Pierre Karl Péladeau has just taken a big step for his city.
It’s fabulous, almost miraculous. The rebirth of the Alouettes is a godsend and we must embark there too.
This beautiful football team that weathered all the storms must not only survive but become a place of celebration, meeting and pride again.
It seems obvious that the Alouettes are becoming more Quebecois than they ever were.
It’s up to us to seize the opportunity to show that there’s more to this city than the Canadian. That Montreal has a football team and is supported…not just when they win the Gray Cup.
Do we realize that the best hockey players in the world are from here?
We are constantly becoming world champions in men’s and women’s boxing.
Mikael Kingsbury, Valérie Grenier, Georges St-Pierre, Leylah Fernandez, Félix Auger-Aliassime, that’s us. Let’s shine!
This is where the city of Boston, four times smaller than Montreal, can teach us a lesson with its Celtics, its Bruins, its Patriots, its Red Sox, its universities, its world-famous marathon… all solidly supported.
At work, Montreal.
From the enclave
- On June 9th in Sherbrooke, an evening tribute to Giles Courteau for all his work at the helm of the QMJHL. well deserved !
Archive photo, Didier Debusschère
Giles Courteau
- Nice holidays ! Brendan Gallagher celebrates his 31st birthday. Small party with his girlfriend Emma Fortin ? Ian, Brendan’s father, is a physical education teacher in British Columbia. Originally from Edmonton, Brendan is now doing more than just French. Mysterious goes.
- Who Was New Jersey’s Top Scorer When? Martin Brother happened to the Devils in 1991/92? Claude Lemieux, Stephane Reicher And Peter Stastni. Congratulations to Mr Brodeur, who is celebrating his 51st birthday today.
- What a charm to listen to the always precise, interesting and reasonable commentsAntoine Rousel at TVA Sports. Juicy, this mix of French, Quebec and hockey accents.
- For your information, you know that the tennis player from Quebec Eugenie Bouchard drives a 2014 Range Rover Sport SVR.
- Also the giant Saquille O’Neal, He drives such an oversized pickup for his 7-and-a-feet. The ex-NBA champion drives a Ford 650 truck, a vehicle you’ll never see at a dealership. You must order and don’t forget your checkbook.
- If you count as a player and administrator to the Canadiens, Jean Beliveau won 17 Stanley Cups.
- On the highway Guy Lafleur, there is the exit to Ripon. The exit Stephane Reicher or the 44?
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Guy Lafleur
- Very badly affected by the sudden and copious flood, the Pourvoirie real crowd is already in repair, healing mode. Roads, culverts, quays need to be renewed, we work day and night to welcome the first fishermen in less than two weeks. Will we succeed?
- Currently, 14 players playing in the NHL playoffs have never been drafted. Three are from Quebec.
- David Spacek, who was drafted by Minnesota last year and finished his junior at Sherbrooke (LHJMQ), is indeed the son of Jaroslav, who wore Canadian colors a dozen years ago. David was born in Columbus when his father was playing with the Blue Jackets… before Montreal.
- Amazing that there are two Sebastian Ah in the NHL. Even stranger that the islanders are Swedish while the other hurricanes are Finnish.
Photo archive, AFP
Sebastian Ah
- So far, we’ve struggled the most in the Tampa-Toronto series. Ten heavy penalties in seven games.
- A total of 14 Quebecers entered the playoffs. Now there are eight left.
