Habs to end 112 year streak as tonights lineup doesn't feature a player from Quebec

[CanadienShark]

Very good. Not a star.

Maybe Letang.

To me a star is players like McDavid, MacKinnon, Hedman, and Vasy.

Obviously he's not in that grouping.

Different definitions I guess.

Franchise players: McDavid, MacKinnon, Matthews, Hedman, and prime Ovi/Crosby.

Stars: Huberdeau, Barkov, Marner, and Pettersson.

Franchise players: LBJ, Jordan, Kareem, and Magic.

Stars: Durant, Shaq, and Kobe.

NFL is tougher.

L.T., Brown, Rice, Montana, and Brady were/are transcendent players. I won't put Mahomes here yet because it'll cause an uproar. But he's close to this list.

Baseball's transcendent players: Ruth, Gehrig, Mantle, DiMaggio, and Bonds.

This is so confusing... you say the Huberdeau isn't a star and you argue your point, but then list him as an example of a star player when ranking different levels of elite players? If your entire point is just to say that these guys aren't comparatively as "great" as others stars in other sports... well that's a different conversation and one that I won't get into.

 

[CanadienShark]

Odd that "French" players listed are all Canadians. The only French player I'm aware of in the league right now is Roussel.

Being French doesn't necessarily mean you're from France. This shouldn't be hard to understand.

 

[Canadiens Ghost]

why? it's an interesting thing I wasn't aware of

112 years is a long time

It IS interesting and a good conversation could be had but you always have posters that... let me put this politely, won't discuss in good faith (French bashing basically). At least one post has been removed so far for this very reason. Either the Mods are doing a good job at keeping those posters in check or maybe we have a more mature crowd posting today.

 

[summer tooth]

Absolutely devastating

 

[Maple Leaf]

Is this a big deal

 

[Iapyi]

Being French doesn't necessarily mean you're from France. This shouldn't be hard to understand.

yeah okay. Does being Spanish mean you're not from Spain? Is a Mexican Spanish?

You're right that it's not hard to understand.

 

[Oilerfan88]

Get over it

 

[BlackDogg]

Isn't Joanette from Quebec?

 

[Sol]

I think it's pretty cool they had that. Nice to have players from the area your team is based in.

 

[CanadienShark]

yeah okay. Does being Spanish mean you're not from Spain? Is a Mexican Spanish?

You're right that it's not hard to understand.

Are you serious?

 

[syz]

What's the streak at for managerial or coaching positions? Feels like as long as I've been alive they've just been rotating through whatever French coaches are available.

 

[HuGo Sham]

Isn't Joanette from Quebec?

do oilers fans every stop crying about the officiating? let's discuss how edm forward injured Price and he's still not back.
imagine if it was Smith?
the oilers tears would be epic

 

[PoutineSp00nZ]

The fact that the Habs put so much emphasis on french players and brass is a big reason why they've been stuck in the land of mediocrity for 30 years.

Can't wait till they hire their new coach. Which of the 5 french speaking coaches will it be?

 

[Thierry]

It's an impressive streak, I'm surprised!

Also, some French bashing but not as much as I thought, I'm surprised!

Drouin and Danault are kind of key players for the team, so happened they are not available... Bad luck I guess!

 

[Iapyi]

Are you serious?

Well you keep right on believing that a person from Quebec, Canada is French by nationality all you want.

 

[Mattb124]

Pro-gress

 

[BlackDogg]

do oilers fans every stop crying about the officiating? let's discuss how edm forward injured Price and he's still not back.
imagine if it was Smith?
the oilers tears would be epic

With a puck to the head? If he got injured otherwise, he should could possibly take more minerals

 

[BenchBrawl]

Absolutely horrible. As a French Canadian and lover of history and tradition, I feel sick to my stomach hearing this news.

I respect Bergevin for trying to land a French Canadian superstar when he traded for Drouin. It was a big gamble and it was worth it regardless of the outcome. But now they have to draft more French Canadians as this can't go on.

 

[CanadienShark]

Well you keep right on believing that a person from Quebec, Canada is French by nationality all you want.

Never said that. Being French can refer to both cultural identity and/or nationality.

 

[Lolonegoal]

As long as they keep hiring/drafting based on language, they will be stuck in mediocrity.

Yeah, they've been drafting nothing but Frenchies!

 

[TheNumber4]

Didn’t realize this was a record. Seems significant and kind of sad that a 112 year old record is thrown away in pretty much a meaningless game.

Could see the record being important though. It’s a part of Quebec culture and should be celebrated. They shoulda dressed Ducharme for a couple minutes.

 

[ItWasJustified]

Odd that "French" players listed are all Canadians. The only French player I'm aware of in the league right now is Roussel.

You should widen your awareness then.

 

[TheNumber4]

Isn't Joanette from Quebec?

I think so, and he definitely played for the Habs tonight. The streak continues!

 

[ItWasJustified]

Pro-gress

It's funny that you call this progress. In the SHL, the trend for the last 10 years has been to have as much locally raised players as possible and players that's been through the teams U16, U18 and U20 teams. Hockey mercenaries are less and less welcome unless it's a star player. My own hometown team has two goals at the start of every season: That the representation team is 50% homegrown players and that we win the championship.

 

[HuGo Sham]

With a puck to the head? If he got injured otherwise, he should could possibly take more minerals

Elbowed by chiasson, but keep pretending to be clever