Daniel Bigras joined July 2008

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Daniel Bigras

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Hi, I'm a known Montreal CANADIENS fanatic. And I weight my words carefuly and when I use fanatic, I use this word to its full definition.

I'm currently running TRICOLORE.CA, a site dedicated to the Canadiens, where we can read bilingual news, articles, get access to interesting information.

My passion about the Canadiens started when I was 9 years old, when no one else in my family followed hockey, but I was lucky enough to develop my passion by reading the newspaper; I was a La Presse paperboy since I was 9.

My earlist memory comes from when I had enough money to buy a black and white television just to watch hockey games! I would spend my saturday evenings watching games and I remeber one of my uncles coming to my room, wondering what I was doing and wondering who were winning:

'The Reds' I told him. He had a weird face when he looked at me; the television was black and white.

My passion comes from within, from the bones. I moved near the Bell Center, to be closer to games and I have the best girlfriend a fanatic like me could wish for.

The Shortlist »

  • Favorite Athletes

    Maurice Richard, Mario Lemieux, Guy Lafleur, Ken Dryden, Alex Kovalev, Patrick Roy, Jimmy 'The Snake' Roberts

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Alouettes, Montreal Impact

  • All Time Sports Moment

    10 victories in a row for the Habs, all in OVERTIME, during the 1993 playoffs!

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    February 19, 2008, when the Habs came back from a 5-0 deficit against the Rangers to win 6-5 in the shoutout! And I was in the stands cheering in disbelief!

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    5 Stanley Cups in a row

  • Ruth or Mays?

    What are these names? Beer brands? Just kidding, the Babe, of course!

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Huh.. Name of states? ;-)

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Basketball.. Bleah..

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Maurice Richard

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Nadal

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    Don't know much about Nascar

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Senna, by a long shot.

  • Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

    Two hot-dogs and a frie please?

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    Nice Article there.

  • Miah D. said...

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    Hello Habs community member,

    Hope all is well.

    Our dear Habs dropped game one to the hands of the big bad Bruins, thoughts and comments are welcomed in the post game article,

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/157477-both-sides-of-the-fence-by-miah-d-and-revo-bruins-vs-habs-game-one

    Go Habs!

    Miah D.

    224 days ago

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    Miah D. said...

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    Greetings fellow Habs community member,

    The playoffs are starting in just two days, and while we are all gearing up with our lucky jerseys and our favourite beers (for those who are legally old enough), our beloved Canadiens are getting ready to make the most of the new chance that has been given to them with this playoff ticket.

    Exciting times, exciting times.

    Bleacher has always been a place of gathering and debating for us Hockey fans. This time again, we will take the playoffs and our views in our own writings, with a series of articles in partnership with the Boston Bruins community (details in the following link).

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/155874-a-call-to-arms-for-bruins-and-habs-writers

    So please come in and be part of it, to add to our already exciting playoffs atmosphere!

    Comments, suggestions and ideas are more than welcomed on the Community Leaders’ boards. Tell us what you think, what you want to add and such!

    Happy playoffs and GO HABS GO!

    Miah D.

    226 days ago

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    Alan Bass said...

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    Daniel,
    I'll be glad to read it, but just so you know, we don't control what articles show up...it's based off of a BR algorithm that no one knows...basically the best articles are automatically put up there.

    Good luck with your writing,
    Alan

    282 days ago

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    Alan Bass said...

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    Hey Daniel,
    Yeah, it's absolutely possible to do that. In the Youtube video page, there will be a code to embed it somewhere. When writing the BR Article, click on the HTML button, then copy and paste the embedding code where you want it. It should work.

    Let me know if you have any problems.
    Alan

    311 days ago

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    Harani T. said...

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    Hi Daniel! I see you are a Huge Habs fan like. Do check out my articles and tell what you think. Specially after our excellent performance last night against the Rangers, here's my latest:

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/89630-real-montreal-canadiens-surge-with-6-2-slaughter-of-the-new-york-rangers

    356 days ago

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    Daniel Bigras said...

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    Yes indeed, it's a great article. And the second theory is what I've been digging for. And it might not be over after all!

    As I spoke with Leandre Normand and he HATES the subject. He got upset when I mentionned that fact, they will remove the information they wrote in their 2003 edition.

    How hard can it be to find out? Everything points that it was the Haileybury Comets franchise that was transfered. Oh well, it simply smells like a coverup.

    357 days ago

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    Miah D. said...

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    hi!

    how are u?

    i thought u might be interested in this:
    http://www.rds.ca/canadien/chroniques/264689.html

    cheers,
    miah :)

    358 days ago

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    Daniel Arouchian said...

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    please read and comment my new Kovalev/Koivu article :)

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/88123-alexei-kovalev-or-saku-koivu-whos-the-better-canadiens-leader

    Thank you :)

    359 days ago

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    Miah D. said...

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    Hi!

    The Round of 10 has been published, feel free to make ur suggestions as well. A “special mention” article will be published soon!

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/88073-the-greatest-montreal-canadiens-nicknames-round-of-ten

    359 days ago

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    Matt Eichel said...

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    What's your favourite Montreal Canadiens nickname? "St Patrick"? "The Rocket"?

    Vote for you favourites,

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/82235-vote-for-greatest-montreal-canadiens-nickname-round-of-20

    376 days ago

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    Harani T. said...

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    Check out my recap on the Canadiens-Blue Jackets game. Do comment!

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/79020-the-lucky-montreal-canadiens-steal-a-point-from-columbus-blue-jackets

    384 days ago

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    Daniel Bigras said...

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    Sorry, I have been busy working on my site and studies. I'll be active more often during the season. :-)

    429 days ago

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    Miah D. said...

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    hey!

    it has been a while we haven't heard of ur controversial pieces! lol!

    Still, wanted to ask, have you heard about gagnon coming to RDS? I know bergeron should be analyst by this season, but apparently francois gagnon is on the field as well.

    I thought you might know about this!

    keep in touch,
    Miah ;)

    450 days ago

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    Miah D. said...

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    no prob Daniel!

    by the way, congrats on ur amazing piece!

    Miah :)

    464 days ago

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