Confirmed with Link: Molson Wants the Habs to Play Games in Paris - Possiblilty 2025-2026 Season

[MoneyManny]

That reminds me of the Boys in chamonix.

 

[Naslundforever]

If it was my team I’d have a game in Bora Bora and could not care less about all the triggered jealous internet warriors. Might even extend our stay until I feel like it.

 

[the valiant effort]

Real dumb, not even a hockey country. Australia was dumb as well...

Might as well play games in Morocco.

Yes. Kinshasa, Madrid, Tangiers, Mexico City, and Karachi would be my current hit list if I were running the show. Of course if I was running the show the product would be so ****ing good the Cup final would be played in a 1 million person capacity crater on the moon

 

[Captain Mountain]

Cooked in butter? Isn't that the secret of all French cuisine?



No, one trip to Paris was enough for me. I was 13 and I almost got into a fight with a clerk from a Money Exchange counter at Charles-De-Gaulle. He tried to short change me.



Aren't ALL pro sports declining in popularity in the West? Most of Gen Z don't give a smeg about the NHL, the NBA, ...

Depends on the sport and what people mean by sports. For younger generations its partially an accessibility issue. Younger people consume media differently (less cable and TV, more social media), playing sports can be expensive (especially equipment and playing surface specific sports like hockey), and its expensive to go to games or watch. Some sports have done a better job than others (NFL has faired well and while NBA live game viewership has declined, they've been very good at getting engagement on other forms of media).

From a league's POV, the live sporting events are one product, but not the only one. There's a difference between not watching live games and not caring about a league/sport.

 

[Bourdon101]

Nos reufs français vont kiffer grave du coup

 

[LaP]

Given the length of the schedule, I don't care about that. And by the way, hockey is far less popular worldwide than baseball and basketball. It's a good thing to hit Europe in October. Last thing, some people care about hockey in France. 18 686 persons played the sport in 2022.

Nit-piking here but ice hockey is far less popular. Field hockey is actually a very popular sports and i think more than baseball and basketball.

 

[Habaneros]

An outdoor game on top of the Effiel Tower.....

 

[Not The One]

Is Molson not aware that Parisians/Franciliens don't care about hockey at all and look down their noses at French Canadians?

There is a major difference between the English/American comparison with the France/Quebec comparison in that the U.S. is every bit deserving of being looked down at due to half of their population being racist, bigoted, brainwashed imbeciles with the vast majority of their intellectual strength being isolated on the north eastern and west coasts. Quebecers are looked down at by many in France for nothing more than elitist snobbery and viewed as mongrels by many......the same thing even happens in Quebec with the pure laine nonsense.

Wow what the F? We've got an expert on the French over here. Are you French yourself?

Wasn't expecting this kind of casual bigotry reading this conversation, not just from this guy but other comments as well. Wow.

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

Wow what the F? We've got an expert on the French over here. Are you French yourself?

Wasn't expecting this kind of casual bigotry reading this conversation, not just from this guy but other comments as well. Wow.

Your response is so typical of cancel culture zealots who actively look to be offended and use it as an opportunity to virtue signal.

If you understood racism/xenophobia/bigotry at all and were coming from a place of intellectual objectivity you would see that I was pointing out bigotry and in order to do so you need to identify the individual/group who are committing the offence. But of course as soon as a group is identified then you think that is bigotry. Is it also bigotry to call Nazi's racist or single out the Southern States as having a racist history?

I did not say that all Parisians are bigoted nor did I insinuate most of them are bigoted just that there is a significant portion of the population that look down at french Canadians as peasants that left France and speak a proletarian, lesser version of the french language. This is absolutely a fact and just because you don't like it doesn't mean it is not true. The same thing happens in Quebec where the "Pur laine" look down at much of the population as they try and suck up to their elitist brethren in France.

 

[The Real Timo]

I want Habs to compete for the cup in 2025-2026

 

[Beer and Chips]

The f*** lol

What's the problem with the Montreal Canadiens playing games in the biggest Francophone city on the planet?

How about offering close captioning for English fans in Canada first?

 

[Spring in Fialta]

How about offering close captioning for English fans in Canada first?

I'm sure there will be an English broadcast?

 

[MXD]

How about offering close captioning for English fans in Canada first?

That's on TSN, CBC, Sportsnet. Not on the Habs.

 

[teamfirst]

That reminds me of the Boys in chamonix.

Is it Chamoni or Chamonix

 

[MXD]

More serious question : Who decides on where a foreign game is played?

I assume it's the NHL.

Once the NHL decides some games will be played in Paris (or even Marseille, Bruxelles or Geneva), it seems logical for all parties involved that the Canadiens would be one of the teams involved in that game.

Paris also makes much more sense than Australia. I mean, they hosted the Worlds a few years ago, and they have decent home league.

 

[Conflicted Habs fan]

Should be fun to watch. Looking forward it. Maybe an expansion team will emerge in Paris as a result.

 

[Beer and Chips]

I'm sure there will be an English broadcast?

Habs official website, press conference.