Sunday, February 15, 2009

Habs Fans Revolt As Centennial Season Sours

From The Globe And Mail:

MONTREAL — Fire the coach. Send the kid goalie to the minors. Trade the Russians. The panic button has truly been punched among fans of the Montreal Canadiens.

Like the song says, love hurts, and the anguish of heartbreak is palpable among the spurned legions of Habsland.

Their beloved NHL team is suddenly catastrophically bad and seems to have forgotten how to play, losing nine of 11 games going into last night's match against the Colorado Avalanche - which the Habs won 4-2.

"Don't they understand what this is doing to us? I'm embarrassed to leave the house," wailed a caller named Stephane, one of hundreds of disconcerted fans to phone the city's pre-eminent hockey open-line show in recent days on CKAC, the Habs' French-language radio broadcaster.

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