Already setting up next year

Max Pacioretty wasn't happy with the Bruins winning the Cup. (Not that I blame him; and I congratulate him for not goin on the rant that I did after the end of round 1.)

Welcome to Montreal Brent

While I'm watching the Montreal Canadiens' defense corps prove why this trade was needed, I'll point you to Life of a Hockey Widow a blog written by the wife of new Montreal Canadiens defenseman Brent Sopel. It's an intresting look at what it's like to be the wife of a professional athlete.

Paying tribute via hockey mask

Alex Auld has a new mask - one that pays tribute to Jacques Plante, Ken Dryden and Patrick Roy. It is awesome.

This is how you do it

I might have a post up later today about Saturday night's Habs/'Canes game, but I wanted to share this picture. Please note the highlighted man, who is in a hockey arena with 3 degree Celcius temperatures outside.

Your quick Montreal/Washington Playoff thoughts

Even with this being the best possible matchup for Montreal, Washington will win in 5 hardfought games.

Just so we're clear

Yes, I was hoping for a Leafs win tonight. Yes, I fully expect the in-a-death-spiral-Leafs to destroy the Canadiens on Saturday. Yes, I am still confident that the Canadiens will make the playoffs.

Brillance

The Four Habs Fans present Born To Be Our Goalie.

(At this point I probably need to point out that the Four Habs Fans site might be NSFW, though the specific Bon Kovy post is SFW.)

Giddiness, commence!

GILLETT SELLS CANADIENS TO MOLSONS

(hat tip: Habs InsideOut, who read La Presse so I don`t have to remember my French.)

The Montreal Canadiens are curious about...stuff

So, Les Habitants sent me (via Ipsos) a survey to take. I'm assuming it's because I purchased tickets from them directly at one point.

The survey was pretty general, asking for demographic information before getting into the meat of the matter. Among the information they were interested in:

• How many games did you watch on television this past year?


• How do you get "general" information? How do you get Canadiens specific information? (3 choices for this; the choices were the major Montreal newspapers, major sports websites, Montreal television stations and Montreal radio stations.)


• How much do you use the internet?


• How many other events have you attened at the Bell Centre in the last year?


• Have you ever bought tickets from scalpers? If so, how much did you pay as compared to the face value of the tickets? How satisfied were you with your scalper experience?


• How many ounces of spirits do you drink in a week?


• How many glasses of wine do you drink in a week?

The last three bulletpoints were the monst interesting. They seem to be interested in knowing how many people have gone to scalpers, and if there's anything to be worried about from them (instead of immediately assuming that scalpers/ticket agents are bad.) And they are curious about the finer drinking habits of their fans. There's no reference of beer at all, unless they are considering beer to be a part of spirits.

There's probably nothing major coming out of this, but it's interesting to see the questions asked.