Category: HOCKEY TALK
The Hapless Habs
There’s a newly created Facebook page titled “FIRE Jacques Martin”. It features the Canadiens coach dressed as a McDonald’s employee. There was a time when Martin was being chatted up as a coaching genius… that was two seasons ago when his defensive system along with Jaroslav Halak’s clutch goaltending produced a nice postseason run. So what’s gone wrong? Is it really […]
Turning a New Leaf
Two weeks into the NHL season and it is already over. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and 29 other teams in the league conceded that, due to a 4-0-1 start, the Toronto Maple Leafs have been awarded the Stanley Cup. No need to even print the playoff tickets, a decision that was taken shortly after the season’s opening […]