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NHL: The REAL Problem

Did you notice that hockey is the only North American professional sport that is not a tremendous success in the USA? Did you notice that a sport without enough Americans is not successful ...

Written by Daniel Bigras about 9 months ago 43 reads 4 comments
Montreal Canadiens: Can Pacioretty steal Latendresse's job?

What a preseason game Tuesday night against the Detroit Red Wings! While I was eagerly waiting to see the Lang/Kovalev duo in action, it’s two other players that stole the show for me and many others I think: Carey Price and Max Pacioretty...

Written by Daniel Bigras about about 1 year ago 221 reads 6 comments
Montreal Canadiens Centennial-Year Announcements!

September 24, 2008: The Montreal Canadien Hockey Club unveiled a host of festivities and special announcements in order celebrate the upcoming Centennial season, year, birthday...

Written by Daniel Bigras about about 1 year ago 3,248 reads 2 comments
Montreal Canadiens' Training Camp Battles

As with every other NHL team, the Montreal Canadiens have started their official training camp. And so far, after only a few days into it, we can already see that the Canadiens are working hard ...

Written by Daniel Bigras about about 1 year ago 320 reads 7 comments
Were the Montreal Canadiens Really Born on December 4, 1909?

Was the Club de Hockey Canadien really born on December 4, 1909? A simple question that should have been easily and quickly answered. But unfortunately it wasn’t—and it’s still pending a true answer...

Written by Daniel Bigras about about 1 year ago 1,483 reads 12 comments
Is Marketing more important than History?

Does an NHL hockey team randomly choose which date of origins to use in order to celebrate an anniversary? Are they sacrificing the history of their organisation by forgetting their true origins? ...

Written by Daniel Bigras about about 1 year ago 241 reads 8 comments
2008-2009 Is NOT the Montreal Canadiens' 100th Season!

(Updated 2008-08-12) See below (Updated 2008-08-09) I’m baffled. I just cannot believe that so many paid journalists are making this ridiculous mistake! A mistake done by most major ...

Written by Daniel Bigras about about 1 year ago 1,877 reads 34 comments
Yvon Pedneault Fired by RDS

It’s always sad to see someone lose his job, especially when that person was working for that company for the past 10 years...

Written by Daniel Bigras about about 1 year ago 2,013 reads 13 comments
Max Pacioretty could very well steal another French Canadian job!

When Montreal picked Max Pacioretty in 2007, it created a big ruckus amongst the Canadiens French Canadian community. Mainly because Montreal had the opportunity to pick David Perron, who’s already playing well with the St...

Written by Daniel Bigras about about 1 year ago 1,212 reads 5 comments
What's Wrong With Bob Gainey's Recent Decisions?

I cannot hide it, but my first article on Bleacher Report is stimulated by the summer discussions regarding Bob Gainey's plans, general manager of the Montreal Canadiens...

Written by Daniel Bigras about about 1 year ago 505 reads 12 comments

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Daniel Bigras Article Archive

NHL: The REAL Problem

Montreal Canadiens: Can Pacioretty steal Latendresse's job?

Montreal Canadiens Centennial-Year Announcements!

Montreal Canadiens' Training Camp Battles

Were the Montreal Canadiens Really Born on December 4, 1909?

Is Marketing more important than History?

2008-2009 Is NOT the Montreal Canadiens' 100th Season!

Yvon Pedneault Fired by RDS

Max Pacioretty could very well steal another French Canadian job!

What's Wrong With Bob Gainey's Recent Decisions?

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