The Canadian had quite a scare during Monday night’s game, but in the end, Cole Caufield is indeed on the trip to Ottawa, where the Canadian will face the Senators on Wednesday night. We discuss the injured situation with the team, but also another problem: that of the numerical advantage, which does not work at all. Are there any solutions? We offer some answers…
Finally, we welcome Ronald Corey, former president of the Canadiens, who was there when Gary Bettman was hired 30 years ago. All these years later, what is Bettman’s legacy for the NHL?
Animation: Jérémie Rainville
Guests: Ronald Corey, Richard Labbé, Alexandre Pratt, Stéphane Waite
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Do you know how many times it’s happened since the 1972 expansion that a team has had four defensive rookies play half the games? It happened just once in the 1980s in Boston, in the bad years of the Bruins.
Alexandre Pratt, about the young defensive brigade of the Canadian
The problem with Armia is that we still have expectations. We still imagine that this guy is capable of producing offensively. He’s not a rookie, he’s not a 20-year-old guy, he’s a guy who still has a good physique.
Richard Labbé, about Joel Armia
I think Gary’s legacy is that he brought the league to maturity. This sport now is not a second class sport. In the United States, when we talk about professional sports now, hockey is there.
Ronald Corey on Gary Bettman
Episode details
Block 1
- 0:40 — Costly 2-1 victory for the Canadian in a shootout against the Flames
- 11:00 — Martin St-Louis talks about the best 60 minutes since the start of the season.
- 3:20 p.m. — Without Mike Matheson and David Savard, 4 rookies with 117 games of experience
Block 2
- 20:55 – 0 in 7 for the Canadian on the power play Monday evening: do you have any solutions?
Block 3
- 31:10 — Gary Bettman, 30 years already at the head of the NHL: what is your record?
- 35:25 — Our guest Ronald Corey was a member of Gary Bettman’s selection committee.