What happened?

What was Caufield thinking taking a pic of Dubois during the formula 1 weekend and posting it on his instagram. Many were wondering if Caufield had inside info. Dubois has been the most recent cause celebre in the quebecois hockey minefield. Will the habs sign and trade for the most recent local enfant terrible? PLD has himself caused some of the recent migraines for Gorton and Hughes by proclaiming his first preference is to play in his hometown. His agent Pat Brisson has added to the migraine by shrewdly stating PLD wants a long term contract at 9 million per annum. So is PLD worth it? He has shown signs of becoming a top notch center. His offence is steadily improving though of course nowhere near the superstar stats of Mcdavid, Matthews, and MacKinnon. Speaking of Mcdavid and Matthews, PLD played a major playoff role with Columbus when they eliminated the leafs and also was important  when Winnipeg eliminated the Oilers. One could say PLD played like a young Ryan O’Reilly. Howe...

Do I really need a vacation after the sports euphoria I just incurred being an azzurri and hab fan. Some of it I barely believe even now it was all so surreal. The Azzurri are Emperors of Europe and the Habs are Kings of the North. I was feeling positive about both teams as early as January (see some of my tweets back then) but my faith started to crumble a bit especially with the habs. The habs barely made the playoffs. Some of it was due to Covid and their tortuous schedule when some  of the games had been cancelled due to Armia testing positive. Some of it was also due to their collapse during the year which led to Julien’s ouster.   Bergevin and Molson were finally able to sign free agents when American owners decided not to spend after losing money in empty arenas. The cap space Bergevin had left unused for several years helped as well.  The new habs players brought enthusiasm and a winning culture. Corey Perry was a revelation as he symbolically stood in front of th...

The habs are once again in disarray . Is it time for our collective primal scream...Yes they were in disarray last year when the pandemic hit. There were few bright spots, players having good years could be counted on one hand. Tatar, Gallagher, a revitalized Weber, and the improving Suzuki were the only positives. On the negative side  Carey Price was a shell of his former self. Kotkaniemi was in the AHL, Drouin was recovering from an injury and unable to keep up, and Max Domi decided he was going to play like his Coyote days. Well the NHL resumed the season with an improvised playoffs, the habs played like gangbusters for one series and then gradually receded back to reality against the flyers.  Once again the habs came out like gangbusters this year with several new players. The new players produced and there was eternal hope. However, things started to fall apart at the 10 game mark and now the habs are in eternal freefall. They have changed coaches the conservative Julien...