NHL Franchise Boys

Montreal Canadiens franco-fans will be protesting the angolophone interim headcoach Randy Cunneyworth on January 7th with what’s being called a “language rally.”

Mario Beaulieu, president of The French Quebec Movement, and Denis Trudel of French Movement Montreal  will be holding a rally outside of Bell Centre to protest what they call “the Anglicization of the Montreal hockey club.” Beaulieu says that not having a coach that speaks French is the last straw for a team that calls Quebec home, a home where French is the primary language.

For now, they might not have to worry long about Cunneyworth if he can’t get the team to win games. Then those “anti-anglo”  fans can push the Habs to hire Bob Hartley or Michel Therrien or Claude Jodoin or Denis Savard and leave the rest of the league knowing why most coaches won’t even bother considering Montreal when looking for a job. Making matters worse, the anti-anglos say there are just two or three players capable of speaking French on the team as well.

By continuing with the never-ending language issue, they are creating an atmosphere in which no one—English, French Canadian, American or European—will want to play or coach in Montreal. The Habs are poised to go backwards as they may never get the best coaches or players possible for a rebuilding team because of the language issue. 

Mr. Bettman…  All we want for Chrsitmas is an NHL franchise in Quebec City so the anti-anglos can leave our Habs alone!!!!