OT: New bridge to be named Maurice-Richard?

[JLP]

The Benoit Pouliot Bridge would be a more accurate name.

Yup, I forgot about BP's frequent spills.

 

[Price My Man Crush]

Not really... actually, not at all.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=maurice+richard+révolution+tranquille

 

[Born in 1909]

"Ridiculous. As important as Richard was for hockey fans, he's no Champlain. I mean, Lafontaine, Cartier, Queen Victoria, Mercier... and Maurice Richard ??? I don't mind a street, an arena... even a park or plaza... but a bridge... this is so like Harper can't wait until he's gone..."

Exactly.

New Champlain is fine.

 

[S Bah]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=maurice+richard+révolution+tranquille

Some people refuse to learn from others, making it a long road to education, you can lead a horse to water but try making it drink!

 

[Puck Hog]

Well, it's been 55 years since we last heard people swear in fits while muttering his name...

When you're bumper to bumper on that confounded bridge, you'll be able to just close your eyes and imagine you're at the forum.

 

[AntonCH]

Ridiculous. As important as Richard was for hockey fans, he's no Champlain. I mean, Lafontaine, Cartier, Queen Victoria, Mercier... and Maurice Richard ??? I don't mind a street, an arena... even a park or plaza... but a bridge... this is so like Harper can't wait until he's gone...

ROFLMAO
A bridge? Really?
Sorry, don't see the difference. Like bridges are more important than streets or something hahahaha
As for Harper, if you think he has the last call i got naming rights to a bridge to sell ya

 

[ECWHSWI]

Maybe In a situation with no context, but when you consider how in our city hockey is a RELIGION and it is what forms the indentity of this city, then you should be able to understand how one of the greatest of all time was more than "just a hockey player".

outside the hockey world, no one cares about the Richards, he was a hockey player, scoring goals, getting assists, as great as he was doing that (and he was great), in the history of this province/country what he did had little to no effect on what we are and in no way what we are today is partly (even the smallest possible part) because of him.

He was an entertainer (albeit a great one) during la grande noirceur, that is all.

 

[MasterDecoy]

by all means, name anything you want after him, but can it not be a bridge though? his name is good, bridges in montreal start good then turn to all kinds of ****....id rather save his memory

oh yeah, and i am totally exaggerating (a wee bit, but you get the idea), but he's our jackie robinson and deserves more stuff named after him - as long as they are not bridges or symbols of corruption - like bridges...

 

[LyricalLyricist]

They have an arena named after him. There's considering the 50 gets named after him.

I get it but yah, someone else.

 

[Habs Icing]

but he's our jackie robinson and deserves more stuff named after him -

Well, Jackie Robinson was our Jackie Robinson, too.

And I don't get the analogy. Robinson was the first player to break baseball's colour barrier. Maurice Richard was not the first French Canadian player to break the....uh....language barrier.

 

[FF de Mars]

I propose the Brian Mulroney bridge. He's my favourite PM of Canada.

 

[Brainiac]

I propose the Brian Mulroney bridge. He's my favourite PM of Canada.

His chin could have been used to build a bridge, so I guess it's fitting.

 

[RealityBytes]

Regardless of what they officially call it, it's nickname will be the 390 ($3.90 toll), e.g. take the 390 to get to the south shore ...

 

[bsl]

Apparently minister Denis Lebel wants to name the new Champlain bridge after Maurice Richard. An announcement would be made on December 9th. As of right now there is nothing official as Harper's cabinet did not confirm anything.

Article: http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/m...e-fleuve-maurice-richard-deloge-champlain.php (in French)

Thoughts?

Pont Passchendaele-Normandy

 

[Kojo]

By the time it will be finished we can win many Stanley Cups, and by that time the bridge could be named Pont Michel Therrien. What do you all think?

 

[habtastic]

We should name the official bridge contract after Maurice Richard. Getting paid nothing to be awesome. Fitting.

 

[Ice Poutine]

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Whenever they build a very short bridge that costs Montreal a LOT of money and never seems to justify Its costs i then think we should call it the David-Desharnais Bridge...


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[coolasprICE]

The new bridge should be called le Carey Prix

 

[Agnostic]

Make a trade with LA and call it the Jarret Stoll Bridge. Ba dum bum ching.

 

[MTL-rules]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=maurice+richard+révolution+tranquille

Some people refuse to learn from others, making it a long road to education, you can lead a horse to water but try making it drink!

You guys might want to learn a bit more about the scientific method before trying to lecture a complete stranger with Google, since you don't know who I am and what I do for a living.

Saying Richard started the quiet revolution is as an uneducated remark as saying Franz Ferdinand's assassination caused the first World War.

There are multiple reasons why the quiet revolution happened and who were the principal catalysts... but Richard wasn't one of them. His situation might have provoked Quebekers, but he himself wasn't a strong revolutionnary, on the contrary....

 

[crazyd]

IF and I say IF we go down the Hockey route to name the bridge: Jean Béliveau

Calm and sturdy force.

 

[Brainiac]

IF and I say IF we go down the Hockey route to name the bridge: Jean Béliveau

Calm and sturdy force.

But Jean is a real gentleman from another era. He wouldn't charge the ladies to cross his bridge. Try to implement that efficiently.

The Rocket would just stare at you with his fiery eyes until you paid the ******* toll!

 

[RC51]

I would name it Quebecor Bridge as long as PKP pays for the whole thing.
Actually, Bell paid to have the new Hab house named Bell Center.
why the heck can we rename ALL the bridges and let the BIG guys pay.
Quebecor bridge, Molson Bridge, Labatt Bridge and so on and lets the bidding wars begin!!!!!

 

[MXD]

I would name it Quebecor Bridge as long as PKP pays for the whole thing.
Actually, Bell paid to have the new Hab house named Bell Center.
why the heck can we rename ALL the bridges and let the BIG guys pay.
Quebecor bridge, Molson Bridge, Labatt Bridge and so on and lets the bidding wars begin!!!!!

So we could do 200 ft drainpours from the passenger window?

 

[RC51]

So we could do 200 ft drainpours from the passenger window?

better yet, half way across you could have a full service drive through to pick up your case of 24 on the way home.