The French- English question with the Habs

Like usual this won't end well

http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=804040&goto=newpost


  • Laraque bought out by Canadiens
  • Georges Laraque is no longer a Canadien, RDS reports.The network reports that the Canadiens will pay his salary through the end of the season, but he's effectively gone now.Clearly, the writing was on he wall Wednesday night when Laraque was a healthy scratch with St. Louis muscleman Cam Janssen in the Blues lineup, and running Habs goalie Carey Price.Here's audio of Laraque in English and French his first on-site interview with Montreal reporters, Sept. 19, 2008 at the start of training camp. H

  • You Don?t Have To Be Fluent In French To Be A Canadien
  • from Stu Cowan of the Montreal Gazette, Under the headline ?He shoots, he scores,? Journal columnist Richard Martineau attacked Ted Bird for writing on his Bird?s Eye View blog at ctv. ca that the Canadiens? Andrei Markov doesn?t need to learn French after recently becoming a Canadian citizen. The blog was followed by some anti-French comments from readers. Wrote Bird: ?It?s like this: Markov pays his taxes in Quebec, but as a National Hockey League player, even in Montreal, he lives an

  • The Lecavalier Question
  • from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail, When the Montreal Canadiens make the transition from Bob Gainey to Pierre Gauthier later today ? presumably on an interim basis to start ? I suspect the one question that everybody wants answered is one that won?t be; and that is, what was the plan that Gainey actually had in mind for the 2009-10 season and not the one that was actually put in place, which involved throwing a lot of money at Scott Gomez, Brian Gionta and Mike Cammalleri. I suspect

  • News Article New Brunet article on the Habs drafting
  • ---Quote (Originally by BakerNator)--- Why post a French article with no translation on an English board? ---End Quote--- Because alot of people here are bilingual and you can actually use Google translate if you need it.

  • So what would have happened if...
  • The Habs recalled forward Ryan White from the Hamilton Bulldogs yesterday for last night's game in Ottawa. According to Martin McGuire, the fine reporter who also does French-language play-by-play of Habs games for CKAC radio, Canadiens GM Bob Gainey and Habs VP hockey operations Julien BriseBois both thought the other had notified the NHL. Neither had, and White was ruled ineligible to play and had to be removed after barely having worked up a sweat during the 4-1 Montreal victory over Ottawa l



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