HabFanInLeafLand
Registered User
Of course, I'm speaking primarily of anglophones, I assume most hockey news in Quebec revolves around the Habs.
After seeing the big 3 hockey insiders, McKenzie, LeBrun, Dreger, get absolutely blind sided by the Vanek trade news, and then watching the panel being absolutely speechless about it, I got to thinking, there is a huge disconnect here.
The TSN boys, supposedly the best in the business, first of all had no wind of this trade going down. Either they have absolutely no ties with the Montreal Canadiens or Bergevin held his cards tight to his chest, the latter is the more likely scenario so I can cut them some slack there. Secondly, the panel had nothing to say about what Vanek adds to the lineup, possible line combinations, depth charts, etc. They were caught flat-footed, none of them knew enough about the Habs existence to actually discuss anything worthwhile.
Then they literally spent more time talking about Toronto doing nothing than Montreal getting one of, if not the biggest, fish at the deadline.
I chalked that one under "Toronto-based media bias" and moved on. Then I watched a thriller of a game between the Habs and the Ducks, the league's best team, where Dustin Tokarski earned his first win in an extended shootout. Checked www.nhl.com in the morning to catch up on highlights around the league, and noticed nothing on the homepage about it.
Right now, March 6, 7:20 p.m. Vanek's Montreal debut against the Coyotes is nowhere to be seen on the homepage. Obviously, the retiring of #5 in Detroit and the return of Stamkos in addition to the debut of Callahan for the Bolts overshadow the Vanek story, but to not mention it at all? Ridiculous.
Why does everyone hate Montreal?
/Rant
After seeing the big 3 hockey insiders, McKenzie, LeBrun, Dreger, get absolutely blind sided by the Vanek trade news, and then watching the panel being absolutely speechless about it, I got to thinking, there is a huge disconnect here.
The TSN boys, supposedly the best in the business, first of all had no wind of this trade going down. Either they have absolutely no ties with the Montreal Canadiens or Bergevin held his cards tight to his chest, the latter is the more likely scenario so I can cut them some slack there. Secondly, the panel had nothing to say about what Vanek adds to the lineup, possible line combinations, depth charts, etc. They were caught flat-footed, none of them knew enough about the Habs existence to actually discuss anything worthwhile.
Then they literally spent more time talking about Toronto doing nothing than Montreal getting one of, if not the biggest, fish at the deadline.
I chalked that one under "Toronto-based media bias" and moved on. Then I watched a thriller of a game between the Habs and the Ducks, the league's best team, where Dustin Tokarski earned his first win in an extended shootout. Checked www.nhl.com in the morning to catch up on highlights around the league, and noticed nothing on the homepage about it.
Right now, March 6, 7:20 p.m. Vanek's Montreal debut against the Coyotes is nowhere to be seen on the homepage. Obviously, the retiring of #5 in Detroit and the return of Stamkos in addition to the debut of Callahan for the Bolts overshadow the Vanek story, but to not mention it at all? Ridiculous.
Why does everyone hate Montreal?
/Rant