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• HABS NATION | Why the Gainey step-down is a bad thing

  By now you've probably heard that Bob Gainey stepped down as the GM (and VP) of the Montreal Canadiens on Monday. I was tipped off about this on Monday morning, and I wanted to post something on this as early as noon, but alas, I was on a train and... Posted Feb 08 2010, 11:22 PM by Dave Jaffer with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: hockey, CBC, Canadiens, Habs, NHL, Bob Gainey, Montreal Canadiens, Carey Price, Jaroslav Halak, Habs Nation, CBC.ca, Bell Centre, VP, PJ Stock, GM, Pierre Gauthier, Jamie O'Meara, drinking, Voir, Hour, Price, Dikembe Mutombo, Reuven De Souza, Halak, Marv Albert, blog

• HABS NATION | On closer inspection, the Pouliot/Latendresse trade is kind of a dead heat

  Why talk about this again, after it was already mentioned here ? Well, for a few reasons, including but not limited to I like shooting the breeze with loyal and thoughtful Up to the Hour reader Reuven De Souza and the fact that the hated Leafs, and not... Posted Feb 02 2010, 10:52 PM by Dave Jaffer with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: Montreal, hockey, Canadiens, Minnesota, trade, Guillaume Latendresse, NHL, Benoit Pouliot, Bob Gainey, Wild, trade rumour, Toronto Maple Leafs, Roberto Luongo, Brian Burke, Dion Phaneuf, J.S. Giguere, Calgary Flames, trades, Habs Nation, Vancouver Canucks

• HABS NATION | He's not "Latenderness" no more

  Just your daily fork-in-the-eye, Habs fans. Including last night's dynamic 1G, 3A performance against the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins, Guillaume Latendresse has, since being traded to the Minnesota Wild straight-up for former... Posted Jan 12 2010, 07:34 AM by Dave Jaffer with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: Montreal, hockey, Canadiens, Habs, Minnesota, trade, Guillaume Latendresse, NHL, Benoit Pouliot, Bob Gainey, Wild, the Habs can't score, numbers, goals, assists, Habs Nation

• Leafs 3, Habs 0: The upside of getting blanked by the NHL equivalent of the Charlestown Chiefs

  Yes, that was sad. And episodically pathetic. And relentlessly depressing. And very, very ugly. Just (if you happen to be a Toronto fan) like your sister. However, Habs fans, there is a bright side to every reaming of the buttockle region (isn't there... Posted Dec 01 2009, 10:20 PM by Jamie O'Meara with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: hockey, U2, Vertigo, Maple Leafs, Canadiens, Habs, Simple Plan

• Uganda and hockey: The final gay frontiers?

  Today's Globe & Mail cover proves all the reasons why we still need queer pride parades - and should promote more pansy-fication in the world. Case in pt 1: Gays are still penalized in the wild kingdom of men's hockey. The Globe reports that... Posted Nov 25 2009, 01:41 PM by Meg Hewings with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: homosexuality, Uganda, law, hockey, queer