I'm a bad Habs fan.

Guys, I have a confession. I'm a bad Habs fan.

There are a lot of things that make me a bad habs fan, here's a list of the reasons:

I don't think it's appropriate to boo the team I love if they're evidently trying, or to boo a specific player on the team I love if he's had a rough night yet is still trying.

I believe singing songs referring to, or referencing the term "goodbye" should be reserved for when we actually win a playoff series or knock a team out of playoff contention.

I don't think my team's rich and illustrious history needs to have a 30 minute ceremony before every regular season game.

I desire success but I only expect effort

I think the captain of my team should be the leader of the players, not the player who's most fluent in the language of the reporters.

If my team has a rough night and defensively collapses, my mind doesn't immediately jump to "goaltender controversy"

My love of things catching fire and my love of hockey are only connected on playoff series with actual trophies on the line.

When a player is underperforming I don't associate that with media pressure, or ostracize him for his origin, be it French Canadian or Belorussian.

I think, through his time with the team, Bob Gainey has been a good general manager, and calling for his removal every time he makes a move that isn't for Vincent Lecavalier is inappropriate.

Finally, I think 1993 was a long time ago, and I want to get back to that, but I don't think every time we're near the playoffs it's fair to our goaltending staff to start mentioning Patrick Roy.

This makes me a bad Habs fan. Who's with me?

Shout outs and liveblogging

Well, my hockey-watching friends are all pre-occupied tonight, which means I will be doing two things
1: First trial run of the Habs Drinking Game
2: First trial run at liveblogging a game.

This could be amazing, or a disaster - odds are it'll be hilarious either way.

I don't like doing blog shoutouts too often because I'm of the belief that most habs fans tend to already read the same blogs I do, but that's not always the case.

I found a blog about someone who began following the Canadiens recently after being a Sabres fan and fell in love with the team; I can relate somewhat as I have a very soft spot in my heart for Columbus and to a much lesser extent Phoenix. That said, he was disenfranchised with our sometimes goon-like behaviour in our first two games, and I found this to be a perspective I hadn't seen before. I also thought it was outright wrong at the time and commented as such, but I can see how someone used to the finesse history of the team and started watching us when we had almost no physical presence may not appreciate the turnaround. It's a perspective I'd legitimately never seen before, and think it deserves attention from all five of my readers.
http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/?p=3572
Its refreshing to see our fanbase make criticisms that have some legitimacy instead of "Gomez doesn't speak French" "Price cant make a glove save" and "Carbo should be fired". I still see that last one, incidentally.


The other post is off of LionsInWinter and I think is perfect in addressing the panic mode some people are in and the issues facing the habs today. I won't steal his thunder and he doesn't need justification for me linking him, so check it out
http://www.lionsinwinter.ca/2009/10/habs-rough-start-was-expected.html

A picture tells a thousand words

I could write a long post about Martin's screwups last night (Laraque out on the ice with four minutes left needing a goal) and the bad officiating (allowing a goal while someone was checking players with a broken stick) but a picture really does say a thousand words that sums up both problems perfectly

(you'll need to click this for its full width and thus the full impact of the image)