who should get the torch on opening night?

[No More Subban]

Josh Gorges

 

[HabsHockey*]

No one. The flame thing has been overdone.

 

[Runner77]

The flame thing has been cheapened further by DJs who use those fake torches with the fluttering toilet paper as a replacement for fire. I hope the Habs do away with it completely.

 

[LyricalLyricist]

You are suffering from paranoid delusions though.

To be fair, and you might find it appropriate but I was like "wait...why are we talking about desharnais?"

Either way, hope they go a different route. Sure, keep the torch but different ceremony would be best. No passing it over and over.

 

[CaptainBenn]

Captain

 

[Habs]

Or across

 

[idk]

In all honesty, if we do the torch thing I think maybe the focus should be taken off the specific player holding the torch and put on the team. To that end I'd have the current player who has the most games with the Canadiens (Markov) hand it to the youngest player on the team (at this point Galchenyuk, but that might change before the start of the season).

 

[CHarlie]

**** off with the torch is what I say.

This. Its an embarrassment and waste of time IMHO...

 

[PricePkPatch*]

(1) New Captain
(2) Subban
(3) Price

In that order, IMO.

I know Subban is awesome, but you really want him to start juggling with the torch?

 

[loudi94]

Depends on who we want to get rid of as the whole torch thing hasn't worked out too well for some of these players.

 

[Winter Eclipse]

I know Subban is awesome, but you really want him to start juggling with the torch?

Ha, I think Subban's the face of the franchise going forward...











...assuming we get him signed, of course

 

[CHarlie]

To be there in person to see this I bet is awesome.......but to watch on TV its bloody awful!!

 

[Agnostic]

now that I think about it, last year's ceremony was an embarrassment. Time to do something new. No special treatment to one year players.

Even this year's opening ceremony in the playoffs was getting old by the second round. Special things are only special when you do then infrequently.

 

[CHarlie]

Whats really embarrassing is, you go through all that work only to lose to the Leafs 5-0

 

[Blood On The Ice]

now that I think about it, last year's ceremony was an embarrassment. Time to do something new. No special treatment to one year players.

Even this year's opening ceremony in the playoffs was getting old by the second round. Special things are only special when you do then infrequently.

Word.

This year's first opening ceremony in the playoffs was totally epic. And then, by the second round, it was already kinda fromage.

 

[HabsHockey*]

now that I think about it, last year's ceremony was an embarrassment. Time to do something new. No special treatment to one year players.

Even this year's opening ceremony in the playoffs was getting old by the second round. Special things are only special when you do then infrequently.

This. When Briere got the flame 1st, it became a joke.

 

[Maffew]

Doesn't matter, Price will be the last one with it, as he should be.

 

[Hackett]

Since the torch is linked with Flanders field, which has been linked with the habs forever, I can understand why the habs keep it going.

Whether the team is dominant anymore is irrelevant. There's nothing wrong with recognizing the proud history of the club.

 

[No More Subban]

Please don't do this too.



AK46 at 5:14. I think he got booed.

 

[habtastic]

Since the torch is linked with Flanders field, which has been linked with the habs forever, I can understand why the habs keep it going.

Whether the team is dominant anymore is irrelevant. There's nothing wrong with recognizing the proud history of the club.

Agree. It's our thing. Just embrace it. As if we're supposed to care what other teams think of us. They already hate us. You should watch a leafs opening ceremony. Bruuuuutal.

Briere was a publicity stunt. Doubt they do it with PAP. Why not just have Pleks do it since he will be the new captain? (Book it.)

 

[Camio]

Please don't do this too.



AK46 at 5:14. I think he got booed.

AK clearly doesnt give a ****. Ahhh... memories.

 

[Garry Valk]

Vinny.

 

[Tyson]

Petit Guy Dufour

 

[Mrb1p]

I ****ing love Andrei Kostityn

 

[Blind Gardien]

Opening against the B's? Gotta give it to Weise!