Today's honorary ringer: Jaroslav Halak.
As fitting as tube socks; a shutout in his return to the Bell Centre.
The fans never got a chance to publicly salute Jaro for what he did, having been eliminated away from home in 2010. The only opportunity he got came in the shape of a weird autograph session at la Capsule Sportive at Fairview in Pointe-Claire over two months after the trade was made. Last night, in the end, it was all about saying thanks - to and from the fans. The shutout made it all the more conducive to express that kind of gratitude.
So that snaps a 2-game winning streak. Win 2, lose 1 the rest of the way. That's the only option.
More on the game later...
Lots of games on tap in the NHL last night. A special someone got his second career hat trick. The Leafs shut out the Sabres, the Rangers continue to roll - so many feel good stories not involving the Habs.
Mitt Romney continues to emerge as the probable opponent to Barack's Obamas in this year's presidential election after his win in New Hampshire last night. Romney beat the New Hampshire Wildcats 4-2 with a strong showing in the third period. In a 7-game series, Romney would probably take the Habs in 5.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Jaro comes to the place he never called home...
Tonight is an interesting one.
Jaroslav Halak comes back to Montreal to play goal for the St-Louis Blues, the team who traded for him after he led Montreal to a playoff run that was vintage St-Patrick. No Jaro, and the Habs run in 2010 would have lasted exactly 5 games.
But he was traded at the height of his powers in Montreal, as he was reaching superstar status. Not since Chris Chelios, has Montreal traded away such a young talent at the blossoming of his stardom. When Roy was shipped to Denver, he had done everything he could as a Hab, there was nothing left to be desired save for copy-paste, copy-paste, and boy would we have killed for a few more of those championships. But what we saw with Jaro was a player being sent out of town immediately after reaching improbable heights for the very first time.
It means he was never destined to be the Habs number one. Only a Stanley Cup could have possibly derailed the Price is a stallion movement started by Bob Gainey. The problem is that despite Halak's amazing performance, the alienation process began very early in his career in Montreal.
There's a reason my Jaro posts on Four Habs Fans came to be. No matter what Jaro did for the organization, he was consistently treated as second tier. He led the Habs to a late season surge when Cristobal Huet was injured only to see the last game of the season be given to Huet who hadn't played in weeks - a make it or break it game with everything on the line. They broke it and missed the playoffs after Huet let in a flurry of goals over 3 periods.
Then Price came in and again, no matter how well Jaro was playing in Hamilton, Price would be the future. Rarely making any appearances after a loss, the team never showed any confidence in his ability to overtake Price as the permanent leader between the posts. As the Canadiens failed to pledge allegiance to Jaro, Jaro did the same and the signs were evident that he would be leaving after the media scrum when the Habs were eliminated against the Flyers in the Conference Finals.
Now he's back, with a little chip on his shoulders; the game is being played a year too late, the significance of the return diluted by the passage of time. A little 2010 spring magic tonight may make it the special night it could have been.
Jaroslav Halak comes back to Montreal to play goal for the St-Louis Blues, the team who traded for him after he led Montreal to a playoff run that was vintage St-Patrick. No Jaro, and the Habs run in 2010 would have lasted exactly 5 games.
But he was traded at the height of his powers in Montreal, as he was reaching superstar status. Not since Chris Chelios, has Montreal traded away such a young talent at the blossoming of his stardom. When Roy was shipped to Denver, he had done everything he could as a Hab, there was nothing left to be desired save for copy-paste, copy-paste, and boy would we have killed for a few more of those championships. But what we saw with Jaro was a player being sent out of town immediately after reaching improbable heights for the very first time.
It means he was never destined to be the Habs number one. Only a Stanley Cup could have possibly derailed the Price is a stallion movement started by Bob Gainey. The problem is that despite Halak's amazing performance, the alienation process began very early in his career in Montreal.
There's a reason my Jaro posts on Four Habs Fans came to be. No matter what Jaro did for the organization, he was consistently treated as second tier. He led the Habs to a late season surge when Cristobal Huet was injured only to see the last game of the season be given to Huet who hadn't played in weeks - a make it or break it game with everything on the line. They broke it and missed the playoffs after Huet let in a flurry of goals over 3 periods.
Then Price came in and again, no matter how well Jaro was playing in Hamilton, Price would be the future. Rarely making any appearances after a loss, the team never showed any confidence in his ability to overtake Price as the permanent leader between the posts. As the Canadiens failed to pledge allegiance to Jaro, Jaro did the same and the signs were evident that he would be leaving after the media scrum when the Habs were eliminated against the Flyers in the Conference Finals.
Now he's back, with a little chip on his shoulders; the game is being played a year too late, the significance of the return diluted by the passage of time. A little 2010 spring magic tonight may make it the special night it could have been.
Monday, January 9, 2012
The Morning Bell for Monday January 9th 2012
Today's honorary ringer: Tim "I might actually be the son of God" Tebow.
Are you kidding me? This guy is freaking me out. He wins an OT playoff game against a very tough Steeler team that was a huge favorite on an 80 yard pass??? Is that even possible? He now wins the right to play the Patriots next week. A team that wiped the floor with him a few weeks ago.
In Hab land, things are looking as rosie as they have in the last month, which isn't saying much. We're riding a 2 game win streak and are getting ready for Jarofest at the Bell Center on Tuesday. Should be a good game. Jaro will get his ovation at the beginning and hopefully the team can refocus on getting the job done. The job being to humiliate him "Theo Style" by scoring 8 goals on him.
Are you kidding me? This guy is freaking me out. He wins an OT playoff game against a very tough Steeler team that was a huge favorite on an 80 yard pass??? Is that even possible? He now wins the right to play the Patriots next week. A team that wiped the floor with him a few weeks ago.
In Hab land, things are looking as rosie as they have in the last month, which isn't saying much. We're riding a 2 game win streak and are getting ready for Jarofest at the Bell Center on Tuesday. Should be a good game. Jaro will get his ovation at the beginning and hopefully the team can refocus on getting the job done. The job being to humiliate him "Theo Style" by scoring 8 goals on him.
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