Player Interviews/Blogs

A perspective on team captaincy

Found this great video by the Montreal Gazette on team Captaincy. They ask some questions to different people in attendance what they think.

Then there’s a nice interview with Mike Cammalleri.

Enjoy!

Edited
Previously had embedded video but had a problem with it’s streaming. So please click here to view the video from the Gazette’s website.

Habs on the Net – 2 articles about current and past Players

There’s lot’s of positive energy and excitement going on for the upcoming season… not just in Montreal.

A couple of articles caught my eye and I thought I would post links and a couple of comments.
Read more…

P.K. Subban will need to steal someone’s job

The Hockey News website has a short video interview with P.K. Subban.

Subban talks about his preparation for training camps, diet and excercise.

I’d love to see him get some games in Montreal this year.

Click here to view the video interview with P.K. Subban.

Recent Articles with link to the Montreal Canadiens

I found a few articles I thought I’d share in case they fly under the radar. These aren’t necessarily from websites that I’m a daily reader of, but I happened to stumble upon them while “window shopping” on the internet

New England Sports Network:
Ex-Bruin Hal Gill Going Over to Dark Side in Joining Canadiens

This article is an interview with Hal Gill… first question “Why the hell did you sign with Montreal?”. Worth the read.

List of Sports
Looking at One of Hockey’s Greatest Rivalries

The article talks about some of the history in this rivalry. The author also writes a bit about how his family is split… some being loyal to the Leafs and others to the Habs.

National Post
Ex-Habs coach Demers appointed to the Senate

This  comes as a total surprise…. I had heard no rumours or anything about this until it fell on my lap. Jacques Demers seems to have been appointed to the Senate.

Recent Habs web happenings

Thought I post a few articles that I read and really enjoyed. Short and sweet!

Gainey’s been there and wants to be there again
by Dennis Kane

Shooting the Breeze with Terry Harper
by Dennis Kane

HW Interview: Matt D’Agostini
by Habsworld

Montreal Canadiens features from the National Film Board of Canada
by Ya! The Habs Rule! (aka Kevin vanSteendelaar)

Hockey’s futureTop 20 fall prospects
by YourHabs

Can’t wait to see some hockey!!

The Hockey News interview with Mike Cammalleri and some thoughts on the new team

I just watched the video of The Hockey News interview with Mike Cammalleri. The interview is 6 minutes and 57 seconds long.

When I first loaded the page up, I thought that Cammalleri looked good in the vintage Montreal Canadiens uniform.

I thought Cammalleri was a good move for sure…. but the more I watch youtube clips, saw him on OTR on TSN…. and with this interview I gotta say I like the Mike Cammalleri signing more and more.

Cammalleri seems to be well spoken and from what I heard he said some pretty interesting things about the new lineup. When asked about the identity of the new Montreal Canadiens lineup he, as well as Ken Campbell, weren’t too shure on what the identity was but as their conversation went Campbell talked about Bob Gainey acquiring guys who are hard workers and who have experience winning… and some playing together.

Then Cammalleri said they may have touched on what the identity of the team is actually going to be. I thought something similar as I learned a little more about these guys. They’re starting to look more like a team who shows up every night and plays hard.

Not to take anything away from last year’s lineup (and some prior years) but that wasn’t quite their reputation. Alex Kovalev certainly hasn’t been known as a player who would bring it every night and the team in general last year had such a major meltdown that they would just stop competing.

I think Cammalleri is just the kind of guy who we should have in Montreal. He wants to compete… he wants to win… he knows how hard the city can be…. he really seems to appreciate and respect the hockey tradition…. and he understands the pressure of playing amidst a rabid hockey fan base and the “occasional” love-hate relationships that some fans have with their players.

Here’s the link to the video:
One-on-One with Habs sniper Mike Cammalleri

Canadiens 1-on-1 – How much do you wish Angelina Jolie would adopt you?

Here’s another video from Habs TV.

This question from 12th of januray 2009.

“On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you wish Angelina Jolie would adopt you?”

Gotta like this challenging question!

Markov wants her as his girlfriend… Tom K says not as my mom… and Josh Gorges says he certainly wouldn’t want her as a mom…

Whose locker smells the worst?

I thought this was pretty funny.

Mike Cammalleri on OTR

I was having some fun watching some clips of Mike Cammalleri score some goals on youtube and started watching him on OTR.

Interesting what he says…. “who wouldn’t want to play for the Montreal Canadiens”… not a direct quote… but something to that effect in the first few minutes. Good answer!

Refers to Bob as “Mr Gainey” and Michael Landsberg as “Michael Landsberg”…. Another good one!

Cammalleri mentions in this interview that if Gainey hadn’t went out and traded for Scott Gomez that he didn’t know if he would have chosen Montreal. Said that it showed the UFAs the direction that the team was going.

I’ll say it again, I wasn’t a fan of that Gomez deal at first… but seeing the moves Gainey made to complement Gomez adding some speed, puck moving + scoring skill and some size…. I personally like the way the team is shaping up.

Mike Cammalleri on OTR:

Now for anyone who wants to say about Cammalleri… “yeah, but he scored all those goals because he played with Iginla..”… blah blah blah..

Check out his numbers in LA for the 06-07 season.
81 games – 34 goals – 46 assists – 80 points – +5

In Calgary last season (08-09).
81 games – 39 goals – 43 assists – 82 points – -2

I guess he can play hockey… with or without Iginla.

Welcome Mike Cammalleri!

Roman Hamrlik talks about LaPresse story

RDS is reporting that Roman Hamrlik did an interview with a  Cech republic news agency in order to address the LaPresse story about Mangiola.